About
Rebecca Langston-George is the author of twelve nonfiction books for children including the internationally published For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai’s Story. Her most recent title, Cesar Chavez: Get to Know the Leader who Won Rights for Workers, was released in January, 2019 (Capstone). She was a 2016 recipient of the California Reading Association’s Armin Schulz award for children’s writing in social justice.
In addition to serving as the Regional Advisor for the Central-Coastal region of SCBWI (Society of Children’s Writers and Illustrators), Rebecca is a full time educator. Previously, she worked as a certified independent consultant for Step Up to Writing. A proud past president of Kern Reading Association, Rebecca writes and (mostly) rewrites at a treadmill desk in Bakersfield, California. You can read more at www.rebeccalangston-george.com
Featured Work
The Booth Brothers: Drama, Fame and the Death of President Lincoln
Today everyone knows the name of John Wilkes Booth, the notorious zealot who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. But in his lifetime, the killer was an actor who was well-known among fans of the theater ― well-known but less famous and less admired than his brother Edwin. In the 1860s, Edwin Booth ranked among the greatest and most-respected stars of the stage. He lived in New York and sympathized with the Union cause, while his younger brother stomped the streets of Washington, D.C., and raged as the Civil War turned in favor of the North. John fantasized about kidnapping the president, but after the defeat of the Confederacy, he sought deadly vengeance. Capstone Publishing, 2018.
