{"id":3035,"date":"2011-03-14T09:38:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T14:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=3035"},"modified":"2017-04-11T16:31:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T20:31:29","slug":"alumna-writes-children%e2%80%99s-book-series-with-help-of-the-fbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/03\/14\/alumna-writes-children%e2%80%99s-book-series-with-help-of-the-fbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumna writes children\u2019s book series with help of the FBI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eisenstein got the idea for Hiding Carly while mentoring a fifth grade student who was participating in the FBI\u2019s Junior Special Agent program. The program teaches participants non-violent behavior and responsible citizenship and helps them stay substance free.<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s not every author who invites FBI agents to her book launch, but Ann Eisenstein did just that.<\/p>\n

Eisenstein, an alumna of Wright State University, is the author of the new children\u2019s book Hiding Carly<\/em>, a thrilling tale of murder, mystery and the determination of one young boy to find justice.<\/p>\n

Special agent Max Gray has been murdered, and the FBI has officially closed the case. It is up to Max\u2019s 11-year-old son, Sean, to uncover the truth and determine the mysterious connection between his murdered father and Carly, the new girl in his class.<\/p>\n

Eisenstein got the idea for Hiding Carly<\/em> while mentoring a fifth grade student who was participating in the FBI\u2019s Junior Special Agent program. The program teaches participants non-violent behavior and responsible citizenship and helps them stay substance free.<\/p>\n

When Eisenstein published her book, she invited the former and current heads of the Junior Special Agents program to her book launch. The current program head was \u201cso enamored with the story,\u201d according to Eisenstein, \u201cshe forwarded my information about the book to the FBI headquarters in Washington, DC.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Eisenstein is cleared to work with the FBI on a series\u2014Sean Gray, Junior Special Agent<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Eisenstein didn\u2019t set out to become a writer. Though she has written all her life, it has always been mainly for pleasure. Originally, Eisenstein intended to get her bachelor\u2019s in psychology. She changed her major several times during her undergrad years however, and ended up graduating with a degree in education from Miami University.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until she was deep into her teaching career that she began to consider psychology again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a lot of kids that really needed a lot of help,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was part of the reason they weren\u2019t succeeding at academics, because they had other issues that they were dealing with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eisenstein went back to school, graduating from Wright State University in 1981 with her M.Ed. in school psychology.<\/p>\n

However, it wasn\u2019t until she retired and became a student mentor that she came in contact with the Junior Special Agents program and was inspired to write Hiding Carly<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Eisenstein says that while many children\u2019s books don\u2019t deal with issues that concern children, Hiding Carly<\/em> features events that strike at the core of children\u2019s issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt deals with scenes of friendship and family and separation and loss,\u201d she says. \u201cIt deals with bullying. It deals with kidnapping. And those are things that affect kids today across the nation; across the world, really.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether writing, teaching, or mentoring, Eisenstein always keeps kids\u2019 interests close to her heart. \u201cI love being around kids, helping them, teaching them, watching them grow.\u201d She says this passion is the basis for all three of her professions.<\/p>\n

Writing Hiding Carly<\/em>, she says, is by far the most rigorous of those three. \u201cI\u2019m working more than I think I ever worked as a psychologist, talking to people and selling books,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s been wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following her agreement with the FBI, Sean Gray, Junior Special Agent<\/em> is certainly going to keep Eisenstein busy for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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