I love looking back on the books I read in 2021, authors interviewed, and craft-of-writing tips gleaned, such as… how…
Magic, inspirational quotes, time-travel, and World War II history fill the pages of Mindy Thompson’s imaginative debut The Bookshop of…
Moments in Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened are so real and reminded me so much of my husband that I…
Janae Marks’s books capture the essence of what it feels like to be 12 years old, and they’re great reads—brilliantly…
From deep in an enchanted forest, a tree emerges as the narrator of this delightful new novel by Samantha M.…
What an intense book for older-middle grade readers (and adults)! And how prescient of national happenings. The Inside Battle by…
What a delightful debut middle grade novel! What If a Fish came out in 2020 from Simon & Schuster Books…
Congratulations to Brian Young on the release today of his debut middle grade novel, Healer of the Water Monster, out…
I love survival stories and found Frances Greenslade‘s Red Fox Road so compelling, I devoured it in two sittings. From…
Echo Mountain is a fabulous new story from the award-winning Lauren Wolk, out in 2020 from Dutton/Penguin Young Readers.…