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I want Jewish kids to read the book and see their traditions, their jokes and their references, their food and their songs. I want them to feel recognized, and like they matter.
Everyone knows you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover. But everyone does it. Especially in middle school. When I was in middle school I was obsessed with my proverbial cover.
Write what you know does not mean writing about the surface stuff of our lives; it means writing what your heart knows. And sometimes our hearts lie to us.
THE REAL DEAL is a story about grief and coping and hope. It’s a story about connections, the ones we refuse to give up and the new ones we are brave enough to create. It’s an ode to the things that bring us joy.
My books are about characters finding a place to belong where they can be exactly, wholly, unabashedly themselves.
The authors talk about their shared love of nonfiction and their new books.
I had no intention of writing a children's book set against the pandemic. None. And yet, and yet...I felt compelled. Ultimately, I surrendered to the impossible and set out to write Garvey in the Dark.
Historical fiction helps [kids] see that the past is closer to the present than they ever imagined, that the lives of people who lived long ago are not so different from their own.
Unfettered, fearless writing doesn’t just break or make new molds; it is so confident that it reshapes those molds into sturdy bridges that allows readers of all backgrounds to walk across safely.
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