School Visits
Parker is available for full-day, half-day, and one-hour school visits
Parker’s most popular presentations are listed below. They work best as 50-minute classroom workshops but can be adapted for large assemblies and for online formats.
Exploring Ethics Through Fiction
Through interactive, choose-your-path games, as well as writing exercises and group discussions, students will explore fun and fascinating ethical questions presented in Parker’s science fiction novels, The Echo Room and Strange Exit. Students will learn about either "The Trolley Problem" (with Strange Exit) or "Prisoner’s Dilemma" (with The Echo Room), two thought experiments that explore issues of trust and responsibility. You've never seen students come to life during a school visit the way they do during these debates!
Tension and Suspense
Students will learn how writers ramp up their stories by exploring literary devices in Parker’s science fiction thrillers, Strange Exit and The Echo Room. Fun and creative writing activities will help students create their own suspenseful story moments. Even reluctant writers and readers love this fun writing workshop!
Teen Writing Intensive
(Includes a digital workbook for each participant at no extra cost)
Three 1.5-hour workshop sessions teach teen writers...
How to find ideas and turn them into plots
How to create compelling characters
How to add tension and suspense to a story
How to reach their writing and publishing goals
About Parker: Parker has spoken at conferences, conventions, literary festivals, and schools and loves getting students excited about reading and writing. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and works in education, helping high school students with their writing skills.
Virtual Book Clubs
Everything you need to start a free virtual book club for your students: discussion guides, author Q&A, games, videos, and even articles about relevant historical and scientific topics! These fun and engaging resources make it easy to host an interactive book club online or to support students during free-choice reading.
Click here for The Echo Room Book Club
Click here for Strange Exit Book Club
Free escape room kit
Click the button to download a free pdf kit
What is an escape room? It's a game in which participants pretend they are locked in a room and must solve a series of puzzles to escape. This easy-to-use kit comes with everything you need (minus a few common household objects) to set up an escape room themed around The Echo Room. Participants don't need to be familiar with the book to play. The kit is free to you as long as your school, library, or store has copies of The Echo Room on hand for participants to borrow or purchase.
NEW: The “door lock” app that goes along with the kit is here (supported on Google Chrome and Safari).
