BEA 2015: Chronicling Middle Grade Characters and Adventures

A panel of novelists of forthcoming middle-grade titles, talks the difference between middle grade and YA, the origins of their stories, and life before publication. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We've got books for the Read Harder task asking you to read an own voices YA book with a Black main character that isn't about Black pain. Continue reading at Book Riot

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15+ Outstanding Recent Read-Aloud Books for Middle School

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McKee's Character goes to Methuen

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Michel Faber’s ‘D’ is a quirky adventure for readers young and old

With its buoyant sense of wonder, “D” is a novel graciously indebted to the fantasies of C.S. Lewis, James Thurber and Norton Juster. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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John le Carré didn’t just invent the characters in the foreground of the spy world. He designed the entire set.

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Booksellers Say BEA Demise Is No Surprise

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J.R.R. Tolkien’s previously unseen essays about Middle-earth will be published in June.

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[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-19 16:26:17 UTC ]
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The Skillset Podcast #5: Sue Kowalski, School Librarian at Pine Grove Middle School

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Susie Yang’s ‘White Ivy’ is an entertaining character study of a social climber with a secret

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Nobrow lines up three further Hilda adventures as Netflix adaptation enters second series

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