Teri's essays and stories have appeared in numerous national, regional, and literary magazines.

Read two of Teri's essays and one of her short stories:

“Lemmings,” from Education Week. Animal science majors at a major university ponder the meaning of myth. Read the essay here.

“From Literature to Litigation,” from The Recorder. Explores the overlap between the practice of law and the writing of fiction. Read the essay here.

“Signs,” from The Iowa Review. A hearing woman falls in love with her deaf sign language teacher. Read the essay here.

Rivka's Way was originally published in hardcover by Cricket/ Front Street Books.

". .. the details of daily life are completely convincing, the foreign setting is made familar, and Rivka's character rings true . . . a rewarding read for the romantically inclined." School Library Journal

Rivka’s Way was named a Notable Book of 2001 by the Association of American Jewish Libraries.

Rivka’s Way was included in Great Books for Girls, edited by Kathleen Odean and published by Random House in 2002.

Babaganez wrote and published a study guide for Rivka’s Way.

"Fifteen-year-old Rivka's unlikely, dangerous friendship with a Christian boy and its repercussions help her understand the vulnerability of her community, and the tenuous relationship between Jews and Christians. Kanefield weaves a suspenseful tale of friendship and love." --Hadassah Magazine, December 2001

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Read the first chapter here.

FORTHCOMING IN 2013*

THE GIRL FROM THE TARPAPER SCHOOL

Abrams Books for Young Readers

1n 1951, sixteen-year-old Barbara Rose Johns led a walkout of her high school protesting unfair conditions. Her case went all the way to the United States Supreme Court and helped change the nation's laws. Her walkout was the first public protest of its kind in the United States demanding racial equality.

For a young girl in 1951 to do what she did was astonishing. For an African-American farm girl from a poor rural area in the segregated South to do what she did was beyond astonishing.

Taylor Branch, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning Parting the Waters: America In the King Years believes Barbara and her strike remained muffled in public consciousness because it was unheard of to credit a child with playing a leading role in national politics.

The Girl From the Tarpaper School, a work of nonfiction, tells Barbara's story.

*The publication date was moved to 2013/2014 to coincide with the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.

Barbara on Monument

Barbara Johns Monument In Richmond, Virginia

Photographed by Teri Kanefield

Teri's essay "Best Interest of the Child" was included in this collection published by Kaplan in 2009.