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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
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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
writer
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
writer
Sarah S. Davis lives among cats and piles of books outside Philadelphia. Her writing has appeared on Book Riot, Electric Literature, and Kirkus Reviews. Sarah is currently an MFA student in Vermont College of Fine Arts' kid lit program. She writes middle grade, YA, and verse. Sarah blogs at Broke By Books.
sarah s. davis
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