Sentences with phrase «middle grade novel»

I've just published a new middle grade novel, and I'm very excited about it.

This stand - alone middle grade novel is fun, silly, and full of adventure.

Find the confidence to rock out to your own beat in this big - hearted middle grade novel.

I've had two middle grade novels traditionally published, self published a third, and I still learned a lot from this course.

She is also the author of middle grade novels and teaches nationally a Novel Revision Retreat.

Summerlost by Ally Condie For the older set (ages 10 and up), the debut middle grade novel from bestselling YA author Ally Condie is a sensitive and powerful tale of family, friendship and grief.

My friend Mia Wenjen has a great roundup of 50 must - read diversity picture books, and after Laurel finishes the young readers version of I Am Malala, I am totally pointing her to this collection of 8 empowering middle grade novels for kids interested in social justice.

Cilla Lee - Jenkins will bulldoze her way into your heart in this winning middle grade novel about family, friendship, and finding your voice.

Ruth McNally Barshaw wrote and illustrated The Ellie McDoodle Diaries, six highly - illustrated middle grade novels with Bloomsbury.

BookPage is thrilled to reveal the cover for The Great Treehouse War, the upcoming middle grade novel from National Book Award finalist Lisa Graff!

In addition to writing middle grade novels, Sherrie moonlights as a graphic designer, substitute teacher, freelance writer, school newspaper advisor, yearbook advisor and mother of two children.

THE DREAM OF AMERICA by Jacqueline Woodson (August) The first middle grade novel in six years by four time Newbery Honor winner and current National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

BookPage is thrilled to reveal the cover for Lions and Liars, the upcoming middle grade novel from Kate Beasley, author of Gertie's Leap to Greatness!

Enjoy three bestselling middle grade novels about animals — Love That Dog, Hate That Cat, and Moo — by beloved Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech in this paperback box set!

YA can do well, but only if it's got cross-over appeal to adults — if your YA novel really only appeals to thirteen - year - olds, that's going to sell about as well as middle grade novels, which is to say, not much (as indie).

One of the 2017 children's books we're most excited about is the latest middle grade novel from Jerry Spinelli, author of Wringer and Stargirl.

Nanci's second middle grade novel Georgia Rules and Sheryl's second picture book Baby Boo, I Read More...

Your books always have such creative and humorous titles, such as Notes from a Liar and Her Dog and Al Capone Does My Shirts, your award - winning middle grade novel.

So, I now had a ready - to - publish middle grade novel that I loved (and that my kids have been pestering me to publish for literally years), and a decision to make...

Empowering Writers cofounder and veteran educator Barbara Mariconda has over 30 books to her credit including an Edgar Allan Poe nominated middle grade novel, and a picture book that was a National Best Books and Children's Choice finalist and a Moonbeam Award Gold Medal winner.

She is particularly seeking middle grade novels as well as picture books with strong story arcs, a spunky central character, and warmth, humor, or quirky charm.

I've reviewed at least a dozen books in three months, edited a 94,000 word middle grade novel, offered feedback on the work of six critique group members, wrote a technical manual for a business, constructed a grant proposal for an individual, tweaked a historical article for an upcoming state project, and became a writer for Demand Studios.

Yesterday some BookPage staffers were reviewing summer middle grade novels, and I couldn't help but pause at the cover of Kathi Appelt's Keeper — and think of Katherine's cover déjà vu series over at A Girl Walks Into a Bookstore.

Dusti's debut middle grade novel INSIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF A CACTUS will be released in 2017 by Sterling Children's Books.

When I had that first glimmer of an idea for Jacob Wonderbar, I had no prior notion that I wanted to write a wacky middle grade novel.

I would like to recommend Lynne Kelly and her beautiful middle grade novel CHAINED (FSG, Spring 2012).

Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, April 12) Two - time Newbery Medalist DiCamillo pulls generously from her own life for this much - anticipated middle grade novel about 10 - year - old Raymie Clarke, whose father has just run away with a local dental hygienist.

Heart of a Samurai came out a year ago, but it's still one of our favorite middle grade novels.

Her debut middle grade novel features a large, boisterous family, with four parents, a gaggle of children (including adopted!)

We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio (Knopf, 3/28) Speaking of wonderful books being adapted for a younger set, Palacio brings the «Choose Kind» movement from her bestselling middle grade novel Wonder (soon to be a major motion picture) to kids age 4 to 8.

Bestselling YA author Ally Condie's debut middle grade novel transports readers to a small desert town called Iron Creek, in the first summer following an automobile accident that changed 12 - year - old Cedar's life.

I've also written two choose - your - own - adventure style middle grade novels, for Graphic Universe's Twisted Journeys line: The Goblin King and Detective Frankenstein.

All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook is a powerful middle grade novel, perfect for fans of Wonder and When You Reach Me, from Leslie Connor, the award - winning author of Waiting for Normal and Crunch.

After being named as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (2014 - 2015), Camillo snagged her second Newbery Medal, for her hilarious and heartwarming middle grade novel, Flora & Ulysses.

Middle grade and picture books do less well — this is starting to change and can depend on the circumstances, but if you're starting out with an indie middle grade novel, plan on having «breaking even» be one of your major goals.

Patricia Faithfull, author of the upcoming middle grade novel Talia the Lionhearted: High Treason provided this review of former literary agent Mark Malatesta.

Each box features a brand new middle grade novel carefully selected for middle - grade audience, exclusive goodies from the author, and 3 - 5 unique and usable items built around that month's theme that encourage curiosity, creativity, and imagination.

«YA continues to dominate in terms of output and sheer heft, but there was a noticeable uptick in the numbers of fine middle grade novels.

While Olga will read anything that may set her book clubs on fire, she gravitates towards commercial and historical fiction, great genre fiction in the area of romance and mystery, non fiction in the fields of business, wellness, lifestyle and memoir and young adult and middle grade novels with memorable characters.

Age 25: CRESS by Marissa Meyer (read by Rebecca Soler) As a school librarian, I read a lot of middle grade novels to keep up with my students.

With that unforgettable young narrator in her back pocket, Donoghue will publish her first middle grade novel, The Lotterys Plus One, with Scholastic's Arthur A. Levine imprint in February 2017.

A Clatter of Jars by Lisa Graff (Philomel, May 24) The latest middle grade novel from National Book Award nominee Graff returns to the world of A Tangle of Knots (2013) for another magic - filled camp adventure.

From Newbery Honor author Ann M. Martin, who wrote the Baby - sitters Club series, comes a New York Times - bestselling middle grade novel about a girl, her dog, and the trials of growing up...

Grab a grasshopper and join me in congratulating Rebecca Petruck on the release today of her second middle grade novel, BOY BITES BUG.

This is her debut middle grade novel.

The Lifters by Dave Eggers Knopf • April 24 The first of two upcoming middle grade novels from Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius) is set in a hidden world underground.

Her middle grade novel The Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons was named a 2013 Children's Book Committee / Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year.

In the children's world, I'm looking for smart, contemporary YA and middle grade novels.