Today we're delighted to reveal the cover for Secret of the Moon Conch by David Bowles and Guadalupe García McCall! The cover was illustrated by Luis Pinto and designed by Jeanette Levy. The book will be released on May 16, 2023 by Bloomsbury. Preorder it here. Award-winning authors David Bowles … [Read more...] about Cover Reveal for Secret of the Moon Conch by David Bowles and Guadalupe García McCall
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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 Jessica Lewis, Bad Witch Burning
By Paola M. Today we’re pleased to welcome Jessica Lewis to the WNDB blog to discuss Bad Witch Burning. What was the inspiration behind Bad Witch Burning? BWB was inspired by an anime called Violet Evergarden. It’s very different in tone from BWB, but I was specifically interested in … [Read more...] about Q&A With Jessica Lewis, Bad Witch Burning
Liselle Sambury Wants Black Kids To See Themselves in Blood Like Magic
Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury comes out on June 15, 2021. By Cornelius Minor and Nawal Q. Casiano Both of us grew up in houses where the realities of immigrant life were heavy. To hear our parents tell it, there was no magic. There was only hard work and responsibility and high … [Read more...] about Liselle Sambury Wants Black Kids To See Themselves in Blood Like Magic
Q&A With Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing
By Samantha Leong Today we’re pleased to welcome Nicola Yoon to the WNDB blog to discuss her young adult novel Instructions for Dancing, out June 1, 2021! Evie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a … [Read more...] about Q&A With Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing