Stopped by Head House Books to celebrate the right to #readfreely with @authorsabb.bsky.social & picked up a copy of @chadgalucas.bsky.social’s YOU OWE ME ONE, UNIVERSE. I loved THANKS A LOT, UNIVERSE, which is warm, funny, & a perfect antidote to toxic masculinity & I can’t wait to read the sequel.

KEEPING PACE is one of School Library Journal’s best middle grade books of 2024! They call it “a knockout upper middle grade novel!” I am SO honored and grateful to be on this list and in this *incredible* company. Thank you, SLJ! #kidlit

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Here’s where I’ll be at the NCTE Annual Convention later this week! You can catch one of my panels on Saturday or Sunday or come by the ABRAMS booth Sunday morning, when I’ll be signing copies of KEEPING PACE! Let me know if you’ll be there, too! I’d love to connect.

Any other middle grade people on the lookout for upper middle grade books with romance? Just finished this one by @jodimeadows.bsky.social, which is so much fun!I’m excited to add it to my 6th grade library.

Just sent out a newsletter with reflections on writing about a character who loves to read in my upcoming book KEEPING PACE, plus a challenge with the chance to win a prize for early readers who can spot the real books
I referenced in the novel. Check it out here!

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My current drafting inspiration! For a long time, I’ve wanted to write both an epistolary novel and a soccer story, but despite my best efforts, neither one has panned out yet. Will I finally be able to write both those things…at once? I have no idea, but we’ll see!

KEEPING PACE is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! I’m thrilled that this book will reach more readers thanks to JLG. And if an #upperMG novel about rival academic overachievers, perfectionism, & distance running sounds up your alley, it’s on NetGalley/Edelweiss & available to preorder!

In case you’re looking for a middle grade novel about the complicated nature of kindness and the challenges of being kind to yourself on this #WorldKindnessDay … I happen to be partial to this one!

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