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A7. My recent awesome reads include KELCIE MURPHY AND THE ACADEMY FOR THE UNBREAKABLE ARTS by (coming out on Mar 1) and THE MANY MEANINGS OF MEILAN by (continuing to celebrate her Newbery Honor/APALA wins!)

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2022-02-01

Q6 Love the way Kate DiCamillo explores friendship through Louissianna's Way Home, Raymie Nightgale, and Beverly, Right Here. Fresh and unexpected.

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2022-01-25

A2 I have a HUGE love for novels in verse. They often make reading feel more accessible to my students. It was hard to narrow down my answer. These should not be missed.

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2022-01-18

Hello I’m Megan from northern Colorado. My MG novel in verse just celebrated its one year anniversary. Needless to say, I’m looking forward to tonight’s topic!

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2022-01-18

So honored that Social Justice Books, a project of Teaching for Change, has added RIPPED AWAY to its list of "the best multicultural and social justice books for children, YA, and educators."

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2022-01-07

Reading the first draft of My Girlfriend the Witch debut by coming fall 2023 w/ 👀 out for this one people!

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2022-01-05

Hello yes! I have two middle-grades: Mort the Meek and The Monstrous Quest out on Jan 6th (funny, dark and gruesome) and Day of the Whale on April 1 (utopian/dystopian thriller with lots of animals and eco themes).

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2021-12-29

More 2022 MG contemporary books to read: SIR FIG NEWTON AND THE SCIENCE OF PERSISTENCE by ; AIR by ; JORDIE AND JOEY FELL FROM THE SKY by ; LEARNING TO FALL by

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2021-12-28

And even more must-read 2022 MG fantasies: FIBBED by Elizabeth Agyemang; THE WITCH, THE SWORD, AND THE CURSED KNIGHTS by ; FRANCES AND THE MONSTER by ; ONYEKA AND THE ACADEMY OF THE SUN

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2021-12-28

2022 MG Fantasies I'm looking forward to: LIA PARK AND THE MISSING JEWEL by ; A COMB OF WISHES by ; J.R. SILVER WRITES HER WORLD by ; KELCIE LEWIS AND THE ACADEMY FOR THE UNBREAKABLE ARTS by

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2021-12-28

Welcome everyone to Payal Doshi, your host tonight! My debut novel, REA AND THE BLOOD OF THE NECTAR released this past June and I'm so looking forward to chatting with all of you tonight on READING ACROSS CULTURES AND COUNTRIES in middle grade books!

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2021-12-21

ICYM this week 🚰"What if, one day, you turned on the faucet and nothing happened?"
Will our world run dry? Easy ways to help students raise their voices abt water
https://t.co/9dineY3JTS

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2021-12-18

Hi I haven’t been able to participate for a while and happy to be back

Author of What If a Fish (out now), Encanto MG (coming this month), and Meet Me Halfway (2022). Also former teacher & librarian

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2021-12-07

Hi My name is Colleen and I'm a K-7 teacher librarian in Surrey, BC. Popping in late and will be in and out between work stuff still and dinner! Busy night! Great topic and I need more recommendations on this one!

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2021-11-23

Coming soon, the second book in the Kringleset Chronicles, the Christmas fantasy adventure series.

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2021-11-17

A8 Currently reading Pig Hearted by .
I can highly recommend this blend of family love, medical innovation, and one very smart pig!

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2021-11-16

A7 Some favorite MG books set in space are THE LION OF MARS (Jennifer L Holm); LAST DAY ON MARS (); SPACE CASE () and the BOUNDERS series ()

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2021-11-16