Happy #IndieBookstoreDay ! Grateful for all the independent booksellers who make our communities and bookshelves better! #indiebookstores #mg #HistoricalFiction #Read

The e-book of Enemies in the Orchard, is available today only for $0.99 at all major eBook retailers (Amazon, B&N, Apple, Google, Kobo). #HistoricalFiction #novelinverse #ww2 #MichiganHistory

If you want to write & publish #upperMG novels, check out the piece I wrote for Writer's Digest, which includes a working definition of upper middle grade, my top six tips, & shoutouts to Rebecca Stead, Barbara Dee, Paula Chase, & Chad Lucas!

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I keep adding #MG #VerseNovel titles to add to my infographic for #NationalPoetryMonth .

Here are all the Middle Grade Novel-in-Verse I’ve been able to identify from the past 3 years.

Any other titles I’m missing?

I’m excited to say I’ve already 14 of these. #VermontGoldenDomeAward #VT @sallyjpla (same on IG) Dana VanderLugt Lindsay Lackey Saadia Faruqi Erin Bow Elaine/E.B. Vickers Chrystal D. Giles Emily Bowen Cohen

Thank you Dana VanderLugt for my Spring Break read!

I am eager to see how today’s young readers who devour novels in verse could change the future of poetry. Might we, in the future, have fewer adults who are scared of the white space that young readers are quick to embrace?
#novelsinverse #MGBookChat

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Thank you! This review will stick with me. ❤️

There are some pretty spectacular Middle Grade verse novels out in the past 4 years! Which of these have you especially enjoyed? #WorldPoetryDay #Verse #Verse Novel #NIV #NovelInVerse

Hoping tagging Dana VanderLugt is okay because this NIV is perfection

Greetings #MGBookChat friends - just a reminder that tonight E Train Talks Podcast 📚 hosts KEEPING IT REAL IN MIDDLE-GRADE.
The questions are below. Hope to see you @ 9 PM EST.

Updated newsletter: March is Reading Month AND Women’s History Month!
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Here we go - book tour for Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner begins at the end of the month. Stay tuned! More details (and registration links) are here: nataliedykstra.com/news-events/ Zoë Pagnamenta HarperCollins Mariner Books #biography Gardner Museum

More beautiful student reviews! This one for Dana VanderLugt and Enemies in the Orchard! #dogearedbookaward2023 Zonderkidz

Love this Enemies in the Orchard-inspired truck at Hamilton Middle School! The entire school is doing a read aloud of my book in March. So fun to visit & share the background of the story that took place just miles from their school. #schoollibraries #readaloud Zonderkidz

Happy Read Across America Day from Middle Grade Authorcade! We've got amazing options from coast to coast if you're looking to visit a new state without leaving the couch. Which of these have you read??

It's library day, and I found an amazing read. If it was published in 2024, I'd already have it on my favorites of the year list.
Enemies in the Orchard Dana VanderLugt Zonderkidz
#mg #YA #historical #WWII #verse
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Honored that Enemies in the Orchard has been named one of World Magazine’s best children’s books of 2023. Especially honored to be in this very good company — I’ll be runner-up to Gary Schmidt any day! Zonderkidz #mglit #read

Love this student review! Thanks to Julia & jennifer guyor jowett ! #dogearedbookaward2023

I'm excited to be back at the Calvin Center for Faith & Writing Festival of Faith and Writing. Teachers: I hope you'll join me for my Festival Circle!