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December 9, 2018
Goals and Possibilities
Some days it’s easy to forget how far you’ve come. We humans have a tendency to look ahead. To focus on the next goal. The next project. The next big dream. And I think this time of year dials that urge up. My email box is filled with newsletters, webinars, and links to YouTube videos all promising to help me meet my 2019 goals. Planning. Vision Boarding. Goal Setting. There’s nothing wrong with any of it, but this year, I’m just not feeling it. Maybe it’s because all of my big goals for 2018...
November 21, 2018
October 14, 2018
Author Spotlight: Emily Whitman Talks About The Turning
Today I’m shining the Author Spotlight on Emily Whitman and her middle grade novel THE TURNING.
Title: The Turning
Genre: Middle-grade novel
Age Range: 8-12
Launch Date: July 24, 2018
Please tell us a little bit about your book.
Aran is a selkie and lives on the open sea with his clan. All he’s ever wished for is a pelt, which will turn him into a sleek, powerful seal like the other selkies. Then Aran discovers that his clan has been keeping a secret from him. And the secret means Aran may...
October 1, 2018
Author Spotlight: Julie Leung Talks About Merlin’s Last Quest
Today I’m
shining the Author Spotlight on Julie Leung and her middle grade novel MICE OF THE ROUND TABLE: MERLIN’S LAST QUEST
Title: Mice of The Round Table: Merlin’s Last Quest
Genre: Fantasy
Age Range: 8-12
Launch Date: 10/2/2018
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Merlin’s Last Quest concludes my trilogy, Mice of the Round Table. After pulling the Sword from the Stone and saving Camelot from a mysterious plague, Galahad and Calib infiltrate Morgan le Fay’s lair to secure the...
September 17, 2018
Middle Grade Book Love: Rules of the Ruff
If you’re a regular reader of this blog (heck, even if this is your first ever visit to my website) you know I love dogs. I don’t own a dog (YET!), but I adore them, which is why I eagerly snapped up an ARC of Heidi Lang’s latest middle grade novel, RULES OF THE RUFF. It has everything I love in a middle grade book – family drama, friendships, a yearning for something just out of reach, and a bit of a mystery. Plus, it has dogs. Lots and lots of dogs!
Twelve-year-old Jessie is in for a long...
September 3, 2018
KIT’s Out in Paperback!
THE TRAGICALLY TRUE ADVENTURES OF KIT DONOVAN is out in paperback!!
And it has a bright and shiny new cover. And it has a blurb from the legendary historical fiction writer Karen Cushman right there on the cover!
Isn’t it lovely? It totally reminds me of covers of books I read and loved when I was a kid. Plus, there’s just something so accessible about a paperback book.
Confession: When I opened the box of hard cover books Albert Whitman & Company sent me last year, I couldn’t touch them. S...
August 24, 2018
KIT’s Winning Awards!
THE TRAGICALLY TRUE ADVENTURES OF KIT DONOVAN has had an pretty amazing run of luck these past couple of months. Truth be told, I’m still amazed that people are actually reading something I wrote. The fact that they are reading and liking it still feels pretty surreal to me. The fact that they want to give it an award is beyond shocking and completely humbling.
As you know, THE TRAGICALLY TRUE ADVENTURES OF KIT DONOVAN won an Oregon Book Award in May – an event that still makes me giddy when...
August 5, 2018
Author Spotlight: Beth McMullen Talks About Power Play: Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls #2
Today I’m
shining the Author Spotlight on Beth McMullen and her middle grade novel POWER PLAY: MRS. SMITH’S SPY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS #2
Title: Power Play: Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls #2
Genre: mystery/action/adventure
Age Range: 9-14
Launch Date: July 3, 2018
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Abby and the rest of her friends go international as they embark on their first “official” Center mission in this second book in the Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls series.
After disco...
July 22, 2018
Author Spotlight: Heidi Lang and Kati Bartkowski Talk About A Hint of Hydra
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shining the Author Spotlight on Heidi Lang and Kati Bartkowski and their middle grade novel A HINT OF HYRA. A HINT OF HYDRA is the sequel to a book I loved last year, A DASH OF DRAGON.
Title: A HINT OF HYDRA
Genre: Fantasy
Age Range: 8-12
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Lailu Loganberry just wants to hunt and cook “monster cuisine” and serve lots of customers in the restaurant she owns with her (somewhat unreliable) mentor. Unfortunately, due to the events in book on...
July 8, 2018
Author Spotlight: Caryn Lix Talks About Sanctuary
Today I’m
shining the Author Spotlight on Caryn Lix and her debut novel SANCTUARY.
Title: SANCTUARY
Genre: YA Science Fiction
Age Range: 14-99 (YA)
Launch Date: July 24 2018
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Alien meets Alexandra Bracken’s The Darkest Minds in this novel about prison-guard-in-training, Kenzie, who is taken hostage by the superpowered criminal teens of the Sanctuary space station—only to have to band together with them when the station is attacked by mysterio...
