Elsa Marston
children's author

In FIRST CROSSING: STORIES ABOUT IMMIGRANT TEENS, edited by Donald Gallo (Candlewick 2004). A Palestinian-American boy in New Mexico thinks his dreams have come true when he gets the chance to quarterback his high school football team. But he soon meets prejudice, loses his confidence, and finds it again in a most unexpected way.

FIRST CROSSING is a Junior Library Guild selection. It has been nominated as a YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.