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TOMORROW – GET READY FOR A DO-OVER!!!
Tomorrow is the day! Can’t wait for OPERATION DO-OVER to hit the shelves. (PS: For whoever’s counting, this is book 99 on the drive to 100.)
LINKED NOMINATED FOR JANE ADDAMS AWARD!
So proud to announce that LINKED has been nominate for the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, recognizing books that engage kids in thinking about peace, social justice, global community, and equity for all people!
WAR STORIES WINS VINE AWARD!
So proud that WAR STORIES has won the 2021 Vine Awards YA/Children’s Lit prize! According to the judges, “War Stories brings WWII history to life in an engaging way that is accessible for younger readers without glamorizing or sugar-coating the horrors of war.” I wish I’d thought of that!
GAME ON!
Sports fans, this one’s for you! Two of my favorite sports books – THE TOILET PAPER TIGERS and THE CHICKEN DOESN’T SKATE – have been repackaged into this special double edition from Scholastic Canada. A baseball team sponsored by a company that makes bathroom tissue? A hockey team that can’t win without a chicken named […]
COMING IN JANUARY: OPERATION DO-OVER !
I’m so happy to be able to break my silence over my next book, OPERATION DO-OVER, coming in January. Mason and Ty were once the very best of friends . . . until seventh grade, when Ava came along. Now Mason can trace everything bad in his life to that terrible fight they had over the new girl. The one thing […]
VANCOUVER WRITERS FESTIVAL
I talk about LINKED and other books in this video from the always awesome Vancouver Writers Festival. Virtual this year – but I can’t wait to make my triumphant return to Granville Island! CLICK HERE TO WATCH
AYESHA & STEPH CURRY
Thanks so much to Ayesha and Steph Curry for recommending UNGIFTED on Good Morning America. I’m so glad my books have been a hit with you and your family while homeschooling during the pandemic! CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE
TALKING ABOUT LINKED
I talk about LINKED and books in general in this excellent interview with the amazing Kathy Kacer of BookFlap.ca. CLICK HERE TO WATCH
SCENES FROM MY FLORIDA “TAKEOVER”
I had a blast during my (non-hostile) takeover of the Florida SSYRA Facebook page to celebrate the nomination of THE UNTEACHABLES for the Sunshine State Young Reader Award. Check out the video HERE:
A FUTURE PRIME MINISTER’S OPINION
I’d heard about this video, but this is the first time I ever actually watched the real thing: Future Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau talking about his favorite book as a kid – THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING AT MACDONALD HALL. Talk about friends in high places! CLICK HERE TO WATCH