Happy Book Birthday to THE SPLINTERED LIGHT! Here’s author Ginger Johnson to introduce this middle-grade novel… “When my oldest son was a baby, I spent a lot of time pushing a stroller and walking the neighborhood streets in a sleepless haze. This coincided with reading a collection of essays about physics, cosmology, astronomy, etc.,…
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Happy Book Birthday to THE HOTEL BETWEEN! In this middle-grade novel, a boy uses the enchanted doors of a magic hotel to travel the world in search of the father he never knew. It’s the first in a middle grade adventure series full of world travel, wondrous magics, and hidden dangers. We’re so happy…
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Happy Book Birthday to THE MAGIC OF MELWICK ORCHARD! This middle-grade novel tells the story of 12 year-old Isa, who finds herself becoming invisible to her family when her younger sister develops cancer. But everything changes when she discovers a mysterious orchard that offers hope, a little magic, and possibly a lot more trouble……
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Happy Book Birthday to IF THIS WERE A STORY! This middle-grade novel is a story about ten-year-old Hannah and how she uses her imagination to overcome bullying at school and problems at home. We’re so happy you’re at our party for IF THIS WERE A STORY. Join in the fun… PARTY SOUNDS… There would be…
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Happy Book Birthday to THE CRYPTID CATCHER! THE CRYPTID CATCHER is a monstrously fun adventure middle-grade novel about a boy’s search for legendary creatures like The Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot! We’re so happy you’re at our party for THE CRYPTID CATCHER. Join in the fun… PARTY SOUNDS… The theme song to Indiana Jones…
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Happy Book Birthday to THE LAND OF YESTERDAY! This middle-grade novel is a tender and fantastical adventure story perfect for fans of Coraline. After Cecelia Dahl’s little brother, Celadon, dies tragically, his soul goes where all souls go: the Land of Yesterday—and Cecelia is left behind in a fractured world without him. Her beloved…
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Happy Book Birthday to WHERE THE WATERMELONS GROW! Here’s a note from author Cindy Baldwin about this middle-grade novel: “I first ‘met’ WHERE THE WATERMELONS GROW in an unusual way—I was singing the song ‘Down by the Bay’ to my then-one-year-old, and started thinking about how much the song put me in mind of…
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Happy Book Birthday to MY book THE BOY, THE BOAT, AND THE BEAST! In this middle-grade novel, a boy washes up on a mysterious, seemingly uninhabited beach. Who is he? How did he get there? The boy can’t remember. When he sees a light shining over the foreboding wall of trees that surrounds the shore,…
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IT’S RELEASE DAY for my debut novel, THE BOY, THE BOAT, AND THE BEAST!!! The story I started writing in 2010 was published by Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster today, and I can’t be more excited. This story about a boy stuffed full of fear has a journey very close to the Boy himself. I…
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I can’t believe that I’m 1 day away from my debut novel, THE BOY, THE BOAT, AND THE BEAST, being on shelves in libraries and bookstores around the world! And that means that for #18DaystoMGDebut, I’m revealing the writing advice that helped me the most, which, funnily enough, is to BELIEVE. THE BOY, THE BOAT,…
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