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Middle Grade and YA Summer Reads

It’s been a rough school year, but summer is looming. And if ever there was a summer to keep kids well stocked with fun books to read . . . well, it was the summer of 2020, but 2021 has to be a close second. Here are some suggestions for middle-grade and young adult readers […]Read more

In Praise of Untidy Endings

By Amy Fitzgerald, Editorial Director, Carolrhoda One question I consider when I’m deciding whether I want to publish a book is “Does it have a satisfying resolution?” Satisfying can have many different meanings, but in general I want readers to walk away from a book feeling that they had a complete experience—that they weren’t left […]Read more

How to Live on the Edge of Past, Present, and Future

I’m an anxious person. So are a lot of the teen characters in the novels I’ve edited. It makes sense; the teen years are fertile ground for anxiety. So much is beyond your control, even as you feel a pressure to take on greater responsibility. The present is a mess; the future is a terrifying […]Read more

Q&A with The Manic Pixie Dream Boy Improvement Project Author Lenore Appelhans

By Libby Stille, Publicist Today we talk with author Lenore Appelhans about her latest YA novel, The Manic Pixie Dream Boy Improvement Project.Read more

Notes on a Cover: Fugly

By Emily Harris, Senior Graphic Designer Claire Waller’s debut YA novel, Fugly, will be out on November 5, 2019.Read more

Q&A with Flight of a Starling Author Lisa Heathfield

By Libby Stille, Publicist Today we talk to UK-based young adult author Lisa Heathfield. Her latest novel, Flight of a Starling, will be available in the US on February 5 and was called a “gem of a novel, one that is sure to be savored” in a starred review from Kirkus Reviews.Read more

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Happy Book Birthday: New Picture Books, Middle Grade, and YA

Check out November 1 new releases from Lerner Publishing Group!Read more

Mary Amato’s Inspiration for Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery

By Libby Stille, Associate Publicist Today YA author Mary Amato shares her inspiration for Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery.Read more

A Note to Readers from YA Author Catherine Barter

By Libby Stille, Associate Publicist The US edition of Catherine Barter’s YA novel Troublemakers launches on April 1! Troublemakers follows 15-year-old Alena as she seeks to find out the truth about what happened to her activist mother. Meanwhile, her brother Danny’s job working for a conservative politician worries his longtime boyfriend Nick, who runs a fair-trade coffee […]Read more

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