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Take Five: New Middle Grade Books in May
We are lucky to live in a time where there is just so much wonderful middle grade coming out. There's no reason to hear a middle schooler say "I'm bored" this summer.
Writing Lets Me Be the Kid I Never Was, a guest post by Carol Williams
I’ve finally been able to reach into that drawer and grab some panache. CJ and the soccer-princess-sprite deserve a lot of thanks for that.
It’s Been Twenty-Five Years: Thoughts on Erin Entrada Kelly’s The First State of Being, a guest post by Susan Uhlig
In 1999, almost everyone was worried about a computer flaw or bug nicknamed Y2K for year 2000. Now Erin Entrada Kelly has put the subject in a middle grade novel, The First State of Being.
Happy AANHPI Month! A guest post by Malia Maunakea
This month kicks off a celebration of books featuring or by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders. I am excited to shine a spotlight on the Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander portion of that lengthy acronym.
Book Review: The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class books 1 and 2
I can't wait for young readers to get to discover this awesome new series!
Mazel Tov! Some New & Upcoming Bar/Bat/Bnei Mitzvah Middle Grade Books, a guest post by Joshua S. Levy
The bar and bat mitzvah—or, to use the modern gender-neutral term, bnei mitzvah—occurs at such a perfect, middle gradey moment. And new stories grounded in bnei mitzvah are being told all the time.
Beyond Trigger Warnings: Care in Reading (and Writing) Pain, a guest post by Janice Lynn Mather
As an author, how do I approach the potential for pain in the lines I write? How, as a reader, do we make these mostly well-intended but sometimes trivial-feeling statements actually hold meaning for us?
Book Mail: Summer camp, an escape room, a secret society, minor superpowers, and more!
52 (!!!) new and forthcoming books to build your TBR ever taller!
Take Five: Middle Grade Anthologies and Short Story Collections
These kinds of books are a great way to "taste" stories from a bunch of authors and discover new favorites!
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