Category Archives: Articles
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Free Hippie Boy Narrative Writing How To Guide
Posted on October 1, 2015 by IngridRicks in ArticlesSome of you have expressed interest in writing your own story so I wanted to share the new Hippie Boy Narrative Writing Handbook I put together for educators and anyone interested in unleashing the power of personal narrative
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Write Your Story
Posted on March 11, 2015 by IngridRicks in ArticlesAs some of you know, I’ve spent the past three years helping teens find their voice and power by writing their personal stories through Write to Right, a program I co-founded with high school English teacher Marjiet Bowker. But last fall, I had the opportunity to offer a similar writing workshop to adults at the […]
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Reader’s Digest Picks Hippie Boy for Summer Reads List
Posted on June 17, 2014 by IngridRicks in ArticlesHere’s what Reader’s Digest had to say:
“Ricks’ absorbing true story of an adolescence spent traveling the country with her hard-luck salesman father should be a movie—but it’s also utterly compelling on the page.
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Teen Authors Share their Stories, Struggles on New Day Northwest
Posted on June 13, 2014 by IngridRicks in ArticlesTo celebrate the launch of their book, Behind Closed Doors: Stories From the Inside Out, fifteen student authors have been sharing their stories about their struggles with addiction, sexual identity, abuse, death, bullying and parental incarceration — and discussing the healing power and validation that comes from personal storytelling.
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Come Hang Out at Barnes & Noble Northgate
Posted on April 30, 2014 by IngridRicks in ArticlesTo help raise money for Whitman Middle School’s music department fundraiser, Ingrid Ricks be sharing stories from Hippie Boy and signing books at Barnes & Noble Northgate from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 3rd.
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Transforming Students’ Lives Through Personal Storytelling
Posted on January 24, 2014 by IngridRicks in ArticlesHaving experienced and witnessed the life-changing power of personal storytelling, English teacher Marjie Bowker and I have developed the Hippie Boy Teaching Guide to help educators everywhere transform the lives of their students by writing and sharing their personal stories.
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Hippie Boy Launch Day – Reflecting on the Journey
Posted on January 7, 2014 by IngridRicks in ArticlesIt’s such a surreal day for me. Today is the day that Penguin is launching their trade paperback version of Hippie Boy nationwide. In some ways, this day is about fifteen years in the making. Ultimately, it took my degenerative eye disease to teach me that I needed to write my story to release the emotions I’d carried around inside me for years—and also to remind me that life is short, that all we have for certain is now, and that we’d better make NOW count.
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Hippie Boy Events & Paperback Giveaway!
Posted on January 2, 2014 by IngridRicks in ArticlesPenguin will be launching Hippie Boy Nationwide on January 7th!
To celebrate, I’m giving away three signed paperback copies of Hippie Boy on January 7th. To enter the drawing, just leave a comment on this blog.
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Hippie Boy Receives Rave Review From Kirkus!!!
Posted on October 30, 2013 by IngridRicks in ArticlesIn clear, graceful prose and in a voice that is refreshingly authentic, Ricks tells an uplifting story of heartbreak, hope and self-salvation.- Kirkus Reviews
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New Hippie Boy Cover Has Launched
Posted on September 11, 2013 by IngridRicks in ArticlesThis week Penguin officially released the new book cover for Hippie Boy
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