We’re celebrating Women’s History month with 31 days of posts focused on improving the climate for social and gender equality in the children’s and teens’ literature community. Join in the conversation on Facebook or Twitter #kidlitwomen (Image by Grace Lin) Hi everyone! Apologies in advance for the kind of long, sort of personal post—I’ve been thinking a lot about this! . . .
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Hello lovely everyone, Like many people, I am finding the news (and the world) a little overwhelming right now, so I thought I’d just stop by to recommend a bunch of books, many of them brand new. I find that reading gets me through all kinds of worries and stress, so I hope that sharing these will help do the same . . .
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Hello all my favorite readers! I cannot believe I have neglected this blog for so very long — I’m sorry! Apparently fall is not my most productive blogging time. 😊 But the good news is: Book Eleven is done and really coming to you this year! The cover is so so pretty and it even has a title now…I’ll see if . . .
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Hiiiiiii everyone! That’s right — Wings of Fire Book Ten: Darkness of Dragons is now out in the world! I wrote all about it here for the Scholastic Wings of Fire forums — and as you’ll see there, I also got to make a really exciting announcement: This is not the end of Wings of Fire! There are FIVE MORE . . .
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Hi everyone! Have you ever wanted to be in a book club with me? Well, here’s your chance! I’m hosting a Newtonville Books Celebrity Bookclub (I know, that’s me! I’m the celebrity! isn’t that wild? Dancing with the Stars, here I come!) 😉 on Saturday, April 29, at 2pm and I would love for you to join me if you . . .
Read MoreHello all! The news kind of makes me want to go back into my cave right now, but instead I will actually be out and about a bit this month, and I wanted to let you all know about a couple of events in particular, which I hope you’ll come join me for! Boskone is New England’s longest-running science fiction . . .
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Hello lovely readers! I know, can you believe it? A BLOG! After all these months! I just apparently abandoned the rest of 2016 — to be honest, I was finding the Internet/the news/reality a little stressful (like…everyone? I think?). So I have been focused on deadlines and dragons (and my two little bears, who make even reality seem pretty wonderful) . . .
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Hi everyone!! It’s here, it’s here! DARKSTALKER Day has arrived! Shiny new crazy book alert! Yaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!! Travel back in time, two thousand years into Pyrrhia’s history, to find out what really happened when an IceWing prince met a dazzling NightWing . . . when their dragonet hatched with more power than any dragon had ever had before . . . when . . .
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Hi everyone! Remember the charity auction I mentioned in my blog post last time? Well, now it’s LIVE and it is full of crazy exciting author-y things you could win! For Wings of Fire fans specifically, there’s this: A book club pizza lunch with author Tui T. Sutherland. You bring at least one grown-up (parent or teacher) and up to . . .
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Hello lovely readers! It’s been about a month since my last blog post, which, I’ve just noticed, seems to be about how long it takes for my guilt complex to kick in and make me do another blog. Hmmm! I’d say, “Oh, OK, maybe I’ll just plan to blog once a month, then,” but I’m afraid that would let the . . .
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