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Janet Eoff Berend
Author & Storyteller
Welcome. I’m Janet Eoff Berend, and I’m a lot of things, including a writer of young adult novels and now narrative nonfiction. I’m so glad you stopped by.
My life as a writer is intermingled with all of the other lives I’m living, so alongside what I’ve been writing lately, you may learn about my adventures with my dogs, my travels down to Australia or Baja, or my ongoing quest to become fluent in Spanish.
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Cheers, and cuídense mucho!
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The Story Behind the Stories
Welcome to the online home of Janet Eoff Berend, a high school English teacher, drummer in the rock band Super Nacho, and author of Young Adult fiction.
Janet’s first two novels, Vertical and True Vert, were published by Breakaway Books, a New York publishing house specializing in sports-related fiction and nonfiction.
Janet finds inspiration in the students who pass through her classroom, as well as in everyday life. Between teaching literature, spending time with her husband, daughter, and son, walking the dog, and rehearsing with her band, she finds time to write—even when inspiration strikes at 4 a.m.
Her stories explore friendship, courage, relationships, dreams, fears, and the difficult choices young people sometimes have to make.
Published Novels
2
San Diego Festival of Books Panelist
2017
Book Collection
Discover Janet's Books
Explore Janet Eoff Berend’s Young Adult novels featuring action-packed adventures, skateboarding, friendship, courage, and the challenges of chasing your dreams.
Young Adult Fiction
Vertical
Young Adult Fiction
True Vert
Romance
When The Moon Meet The Noon
Historical Fiction
The Alpine Odyssey Peaks Of Destiny
Science Fiction
The Petal Path Beneath The Blossoms
Science Fiction
The Metamorphosis Chronicles
Testimonial
What Readers Are Saying
★★★★★ Rated 4.5 out of 5
4.5 Review from our book reader
“Janet Berend crushes it yet again with True Vert. She keeps me turning pages with an action-packed book that I can relate to my own life in a lot of ways. Preparing for contests, overcoming fears, big ramps, and girls. I might have to read it again . . . for the fourth time. THANK YOU FOR THE RAD BOOK.”
Berend captures perfectly the bravado and angst of teenage boys hooked on wanting to risk it all and terrified of losing something they can’t define. A tightly drawn tale of when to speak out and the cost of friendship, Vertical glides in and out of trouble as deftly as Josh Lowman’s skateboard.
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Discover True Vert
Follow Josh Lowman as he pushes his skateboarding dreams to the limit and learns what friendship, trust, and staying true to yourself really mean.
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