By Kelly McWilliams I’m the author of a book called Your Plantation Prom is Not Okay, and it had just gone into copyedits when friends started texting me about Bennifer’s very-much-not-okay plantation wedding in August 2022. Because I, along with the rest of America, was rooting for Bennifer, I … [Read more...] about Why Plantation Celebrations Keep (Violently) Breaking Our Hearts
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Cover Reveal for Mascot by Charles Waters and Traci Sorell
Today we're thrilled to reveal the cover for middle grade novel-in-verse Mascot by Charles Waters and Traci Sorell! The cover art is by Nicole Neidhardt (Diné), with the cover design and internal art directed by Diane Earley. The book was edited by Karen Boss and will be released on September 5, … [Read more...] about Cover Reveal for Mascot by Charles Waters and Traci Sorell
Q&A With Debbi Michiko Florence, Sweet and Sour
By Nawal Qarooni Sweet and Sour by Debbi Michiko Florence is a middle grade novel about childhood friendships, betrayal and sweet revenge. It is a summer story rife with ups and downs, honesty and flashbacks—set in the coastal town of Mystic Connecticut, where Debbi lives. It comes out September … [Read more...] about Q&A With Debbi Michiko Florence, Sweet and Sour
Q&A With Dhonielle Clayton, The Marvellers (Part I)
By Steve Dunk Today we're pleased to welcome Dhonielle Clayton to the WNDB blog for the first of a two-part interview on The Marvellers, illustrated by Khadijah Khatib, out May 3, 2022! We previously revealed the cover for the book here. Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to … [Read more...] about Q&A With Dhonielle Clayton, The Marvellers (Part I)
Q&A With Linda Williams Jackson, The Lucky Ones
By Anushi Mehta Today we're pleased to welcome Linda Williams Jackson to the WNDB blog to discuss middle grade book The Lucky Ones, out April 19, 2022! It’s 1967, and eleven-year-old Ellis Earl Brown has big dreams. He’s going to grow up to be a teacher or a lawyer—or maybe both—and live in a … [Read more...] about Q&A With Linda Williams Jackson, The Lucky Ones
Q&A With Kelly McWilliams, Mirror Girls
By Michele Kirichanskaya Today we're pleased to welcome Kelly McWilliams to the WNDB blog to discuss Mirror Girls, which came out on February 8, 2022! As infants, twin sisters Charlie Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were secretly separated after the brutal lynching of their parents, who died for … [Read more...] about Q&A With Kelly McWilliams, Mirror Girls
Q&A With Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Yas Imamura, Love in the Library
By Edie Ching Today we're pleased to welcome Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Yas Imamura to the WNDB blog to discuss their historical picture book Love in the Library, out February 8, 2022! We previously revealed the cover here, with an author's note from Maggie. Set in an incarceration camp where the … [Read more...] about Q&A With Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Yas Imamura, Love in the Library
Q&A With Kristen R. Lee, Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman
By Gianna Macchia Today we're pleased to welcome Kristen R. Lee to the WNDB blog to discuss YA novel Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman, out this week on February 1, 2022! We previously revealed the cover the book here. Savannah Howard sacrificed her high school social life to … [Read more...] about Q&A With Kristen R. Lee, Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman
Q&A with Janet Wong, Good Luck Gold & More
By Lynn Lawrence-Brown Today we’re thrilled to welcome Janet Wong to the WNDB blog to discuss Good Luck Gold & More. Good Luck Gold & More is a collection of 42 poems accompanied with thought-provoking reflections of each poem’s “story behind the story” or the “story after the … [Read more...] about Q&A with Janet Wong, Good Luck Gold & More
