By Maria Mayor Today we're pleased to welcome Maya MacGregor to the WNDB blog to discuss The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester, out May 3, 2022! Sam Sylvester has long collected stories of half-lived lives—of kids who died before they turned nineteen. Sam was almost one of those kids. … [Read more...] about Q&A With Maya MacGregor, The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester
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Q&A With Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler
By Maria Mayor Today we're pleased to welcome Casey McQuiston to the WNDB blog to discuss YA romantic comedy I Kissed Shara Wheeler, out May 3, 2022! Chloe Green is so close to winning. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she’s spent the past four years dodging … [Read more...] about Q&A With Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler
Q&A With Katherine Locke, This Rebel Heart
By Aleah Gornbein Today we're pleased to welcome Katherine Locke to the WNDB blog to discuss This Rebel Heart, out since April 5, 2022! In the middle of Budapest, there is a river. Csilla knows the river is magic. During WWII, the river kept her family safe when they needed it most–safe from … [Read more...] about Q&A With Katherine Locke, This Rebel Heart
Q&A With Akwaeke Emezi, Bitter
By Isabel Taswell Today we're pleased to welcome Akwaeke Emezi to the WNDB blog to discuss YA novel Bitter, out now! After a childhood in foster care, Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting surrounded by other creative … [Read more...] about Q&A With Akwaeke Emezi, Bitter
Q&A With Anna-Marie McLemore, Lakelore
By Steve Dunk Today we're pleased to welcome Anna-Marie McLemore to the WNDB blog to discuss young adult novel Lakelore, out since March 8, 2022! Everyone who lives near the lake knows the stories about the world underneath it, an ethereal landscape rumored to be half-air, half-water. But … [Read more...] about Q&A With Anna-Marie McLemore, Lakelore
Q&A With Lin Thompson, The Best Liars in Riverview
By Olivia Mules Today we're pleased to welcome Lin Thompson to the WNDB blog to discuss middle grade novel The Best Liars in Riverview, out since March 8, 2022! Aubrey and Joel are like two tomato vines that grew along the same crooked fence—weird, yet the same kind of weird. But lately, even … [Read more...] about Q&A With Lin Thompson, The Best Liars in Riverview
Q&A With Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas, Squire
By Gianna Macchia Today we're pleased to welcome Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas to the WNDB blog to discuss their YA graphic novel Squire, out March 8, 2022! Aiza has always dreamt of becoming a Knight. It's the highest military honor in the once-great Bayt-Sajji Empire, and as a member of … [Read more...] about Q&A With Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas, Squire
Q&A With Leo Baker, Skate for Your Life
By Michele Kirichanskaya Today we’re pleased to welcome Leo Baker to the WNDB blog to discuss Skate for Your Life. First of all, congratulations on your newest book, Skate for Your Life. Could you tell us in your own words what it’s about? Skate For Your Life chronicles my journey … [Read more...] about Q&A With Leo Baker, Skate for Your Life
Q&A With Katherine Locke and Anne Passchier, What Are Your Words?
By Alaina Leary Today we’re pleased to welcome Katherine Locke and Anne Passchier to the WNDB blog to discuss their picture book What Are Your Words?, out May 25, 2021! Follow Ari through their neighborhood as they try to find their words in this sweet, accessible introduction to … [Read more...] about Q&A With Katherine Locke and Anne Passchier, What Are Your Words?
