Hold by Leigh Rachel Davidson Luke Aday knew that his sister's death was imminent--she had been under hospice care for months--but that didn't make her death any easier on him or their family. He returns to school three days after the funeral to a changed world; his...
A screen shot of the book club that read "No Way, They Were Gay?" I had so much fun chatting with Carrie's book club this past weekend. They'd read "No Way, They Were Gay?" and then gathered around fudge and a laptop where I answered questions and chatted with the...
A screenshot from our panel. Clockwise from top left: Lesa, me(!), Patricia, Paula, Traci, and Melissa. If you're attending the National Council of Teachers of English online conference November 18-21, I hope you'll check this the hour-long panel I was honored to be...
From Darkness by Kate Hazel Hall Sixteen-year-old Ari Wyndham lost her best friend in the sea. Everybody told her it was an accident, but Ari can't forgive herself. Her own life is cut short when a tiger-snake delivers a deathly bite, and a beautiful, ghostly and...
When you write a novel, or even a middle grade nonfiction book, you get some space in the actual book to acknowledge, and thank, some of the many people who helped make the book possible. Picture books don't really have the real estate inside them... But that doesn't...
Congratulations to _xoxo.alanah._ @TikTok and tommyshea23 @TikTok and Vin_Kyl @Instagram for liking the contest post all about Plato and an army of gay male couples and being randomly chosen to win one of these very cool Abraham Lincoln Good Luck Penny bracelets!...
