Author / Screenwriter / Songwriter
Jonathan LaPoma’s award-winning, coming-of-age novel, DEVELOPING MINDS: AN AMERICAN GHOST STORY, earned 5-stars from the #1 Best Reviewer from India on Goodreads.
“These days it is so difficult to find good books, by good books, I mean the ones which can really enlighten a human mind, and especially skilled authors and I feel myself lucky and honored to read this excellent creation by an equally fascinating author.”
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Jonathan LaPoma’s award-winning best-selling novel, DEVELOPING MINDS: AN AMERICAN GHOST STORY, is now available at the Boulder Public Library in Boulder, CO.
Underground Book Reviews gave Jonathan LaPoma’s award-winning, best-selling novel, DEVELOPING MINDS: AN AMERICAN GHOST STORY, 4 stars.
“In many ways, the novel was spiritual, as well as coming-of-age . . . plenty of action and adventure, as well as some poignant soul searching . . . Anyone who enjoys realistic fiction, with a gritty edge will enjoy this novel. The characters are extremely well written and believable, and the dialogue is perfect. Despite the serious matter, the book is also very humorous, visual and vibrant to read.”
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Jonathan LaPoma’s award-winning, #1 best selling novel, DEVELOPING MINDS: AN AMERICAN GHOST STORY, is the 8th ranked Hot New Release in humor on Amazon Australia.
Jonathan LaPoma’s award-winning coming-of-age novel, DEVELOPING MINDS: AN AMERICAN GHOST STORY, is a #1 best seller on Amazon’s Kindle store in the “Satire” and “Urban Life” categories.
DEVELOPING MINDS is also ranked 45th in the iBooks Top Fiction list, putting it ahead of such titles as FAHRENHEIT 451, A LITTLE LIFE, LORD OF THE FLIES, and CITY ON FIRE.
Warwick’s Weekends with Locals
Sunday, March 6th from 12:00-2:00.
Warwick’s
7812 Girard Ave
La Jolla, CA 92037
Jonathan LaPoma will be signing copies of his award-winning novel, DEVELOPING MINDS: AN AMERICAN GHOST STORY.
Jonathan LaPoma’s award-winning coming-of-age novel, DEVELOPING MINDS: AN AMERICAN GHOST STORY, earned a 5-star review from Don Sloan of author Ingrid Hall’s book review blog.
“Developing Minds deserves five stars as a gritty, character-driven, coming-of-age novel by a talented writer. . . This book is much more than a raw indictment of America’s school systems, of course. The protagonist is trying desperately to come to grips with his own demons — and not succeeding very well. His book project, like his proposed screenplay, is stillborn and his job as a teacher saps the creative energy from him at every turn, so the narrative often revolves around Luke’s inability to perform on many levels.”
On November 2nd, WIBC radio station in Indianapolis interviewed Jonathan LaPoma regarding the release of his novel DEVELOPING MINDS and how it ties in with President Obama’s recent Facebook video requesting a reduction in the amount of time schools spend giving students standardized tests.
On November 1, 2015, WTMJ Radio Station in Milwaukee aired their interview with Jonathan LaPoma regarding the release of his novel DEVELOPING MINDS and how it ties in with President Obama’s recent Facebook video requesting a reduction in the amount of time schools spend giving students standardized tests.
The Evolution Mallorca Film Festival has chosen Jonathan LaPoma’s feature-length screenplays A NOBLE TRUTH and LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO (co-written by Natalia Porras Sivolobova) as official selections to their 2015 festival.
In the past week, LaPoma has had 6 of his scripts place in screenwriting competitions, including making the top 12 in the Oaxaca Film Festival. Also, his coming-of-age novel DEVELOPING MINDS: AN AMERICAN GHOST STORY won 1st place in the 2015 Stargazer Literary Prizes on October 7th.