Stacy DeKeyser has always thought of books as very special things. She remembers being too young to read and wishing…
Browsing: Middle Grade
“Hair is fun and gross and weird and loveable,” says author Mary Thompson. Luscious locks are at the center of…
“UNDER THE EGG,” by Laura Marx Fitzgerald, Dial, March 18, 2014, Hardcover, $16.99 (ages 8-12) In high school, my favorite…
“THE SECRET HUM OF A DAISY,” by Tracy Holczer, Putnam, May 1, 2014, Hardcover, $16.99 (ages 10 and up) People…
“THE SHADOW THRONE: Book 3 of The Ascendance Trilogy,” by Jennifer A. Nielsen, Scholastic Press, Feb. 25, 2014, $17.99 (ages…
Christine Brodien-Jones loves dreaming stuff up. That’s probably what makes her a successful writer, specifically a writer for young readers.…
Like so many authors before her, Kristen Kittscher had a lifelong love of telling stories, but lacked the courage to…
“THROUGH THE SKYLIGHT,” by Ian Baucom and Justin Gerard, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, March 19, 2013, Hardcover, $17.99 (ages…
A year ago, Jessica Day George introduced readers to Celie and the Castle Glower, a castle with a mind of…
“Writing has always felt like breathing,” Soman Chainani says. “If I don’t do it for a while, I start to…