A Sneak Peek at Other People’s Books
A roundup of recent and forthcoming books I appreciated, along with a discussion of the author blurb.
Torch Wins!
What it was like for Torch to win the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature.
On This Day 100 Years Ago: The Fascist “March on Rome”
A guest post by historian Walter Adamson explores Mussolini's March on Rome and its connection to the January 6, 2021 insurrection in the U.S.
Make No Plans
It's now less than three weeks until the launch of Torch on November 1. One week later is the date of the midterm elections. With one of the two parties…
On This Day: The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Remembering the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, which took place on this day in 1968.
Author Interview: Amanda McCrina and The Silent Unseen
An interview with Amanda McCrina, author of the powerful and timely YA historical novel The Silent Unseen.
Award-Winning Nonfiction: Revolution in Our Time
Review of the National Book Award finalist Revolution in Our Time, a history of the Black Panther Party for teen readers.
Tyrannies of Right and Left
A review off Margarita Engle's new verse novel Your Heart, My Sky and a defense of democracy and human rights.
Translation and Writing Historical Fiction: #WorldKidLit Month
How my work as a translator has helped me address some of the challenges of writing a novel set in a very different place and time.
The Story of a Publisher: #WorldKidLit Month
The origin story of publisher Levine Querido and a memoir of the Querido family, Dutch Jews of Portuguese descent persecuted in the Holocaust.