This novel perfectly blends authentic junior high problems with real world issues. As Angie Thomas says in her blurb, it’s “full of heart and truth.” From a craft perspective, Ramée sets the bar high for creating a junior high world that is not just believable, but 100% real. There was never a moment when I didn’t believe that Shayla and her friends existed. How does Ramée do make these characters come alive?

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Anne-Marie Strohman (co-editor) writes picture books, middle grade novels, and young adult short stories and novels. She is a teacher, an editor, and a scholar. She is an active member of SCBWI and holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Find her at amstrohman.com and on Twitter @amstrwriter

Anne-Marie Strohman

co-editor

Kristi Wright (co-editor) writes picture books and middle grade novels. Her goal as a writer is to give children a sense of wonder, a hopefulness about humanity, and a belief in their future. Represented by Kurestin Armada at Root Literary, Kristi is an active SCBWI member. Find her at kristiwrightauthor.com and on Twitter @KristiWrite. 

KRISTI
WRIGHT

co-Editor

Jen Jobart writes middle grade fantasy that explores environmental themes. She lives with her husband, twin boys, and cats in an off-grid camping trailer on a permaculture farm in the California Sierra Foothills.

Find her at www.jenjobart.com


Jen Jobart

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Beth Mitchell lives in the coastal mountains of Northern California with her husband and two sons. A member of the Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators, she writes middle grade novels and blogs about the books she and her boys love.
Follow her at bethmitchell.rocks


BETH MITCHELL

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"Reading is important because, if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything.”

Tomie de Paola

"Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness."

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