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Posts by Amanda MacGregor
Book Review: Let the Monster Out by Chad Lucas
It might be the "creepy" factor that will interest kids in picking up this book, but it's the layers to the story and the complicated, authentic characters that will keep kids reading.
Book Review: The Science of Being Angry by Nicole Melleby
I can't think of any book that really captures what it's like to deal with that anger inside of you and the fallout from it like this one does.
2022 Middle Grade Books to Have on Your Radar, Part Two
Let's look at some exciting middle grade books coming out in the second half of 2022!
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2022 Picture Books to Have on Your Radar, part two
Let's look at some exciting picture books coming out in the second half of 2022!
Book Mail: Ants, AI, a Magic School, the Tin Man, eco anxiety, and more!
Get out those TBR lists--It's time for book mail!
Cover Reveal: The Art of Insanity, with guest post by Christine Webb
A first look at the cover of THE ART OF INSANITY, an October 2022 YA about a girl newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
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It’s a Small World! A guest post by Betty Culley
In THE NATURAL GENIUS OF ANTS, Harvard Corson has a huge task in front of him and only a short summer to accomplish it—trying to get his doctor father to forgive himself for a very big mistake that cost a baby her life. Not only that, but Harvard also needs to keep an ant colony alive!
Why Learning History Was So Much Easier in China, a guest post by Xiran Jay Zhao
I owe a lot of my knowledge and fascination with history to the passion with which Chinese culture honors its past and the skills of storytellers in passing this heritage to new generations, and I hope to bring some of this passion to a young Western audience.
Never Too Much, a guest post by Catherine Bakewell
When I was in middle school, the word “nerd” was thrown around a lot, a word that then meant someone who was too much, who loved something too deeply. This passion was a delicate flame within me when I was 14, a little older than Elissa, the protagonist of my novel, We Are the Song.
Writing Disability and Immigration from a Place of Wholeness, a guest post by Natalia Sylvester
When I finally found my way to writing a novel about growing up as an immigrant with hip dysplasia, it was this wholeness—not parts of me segmented into boxes—that guided me. I wrote Breathe and Count Back from Ten because the only way I can imagine creating books in a world that draws boundaries around my identity is to write myself beyond them.
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