Skila Brown is the first-time author of Caminar (Candlewick, 2014). From the promotional copy:
Set in 1981 Guatemala, a lyrical debut novel tells the powerful tale of a boy who must decide what it means to be a man during a time of war.
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New Voice: Crystal Chan on Bird
Crystal Chan is the first-time author of Bird (Atheneum, 2014). From the promotional copy:
It’s only natural to have silence and secrets in your family when you’re born on the same day that your brother died. At least, that’s sure what it seems like for twelve-year old Jewel.
New Voice: Lamar Giles on Fake ID
Lamar Giles is the first-time author of Fake ID (HarperCollins, 2014). From the promotional copy:
Nick Pearson is hiding in plain sight. In fact, his name isn’t really Nick Pearson. He shouldn’t tell you his real name, his real hometown, or why his family just moved to Stepton,
New Voice: Sara B. Larson on Defy
Sara B. Larson is the first-time author of Defy (Scholastic, 2014). From the promotional copy:
A lush and gorgeously written debut, packed with action, intrigue, and heart-racing romance.
Alexa Hollen is a fighter.
New Voice: Whitney A. Miller on The Violet Hour
Whitney A. Miller is the first-time author of The Violet Hour
(Flux, 2014). From the promotional copy:
Some call VisionCrest the pinnacle of religious enlightenment.
Others call it a powerful cult.
For seventeen years,
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Guest Post: Linda Joy Singleton on Jumping Age Markets: How a Multi-Published Author Became a Debut Author
Blame it on the SCBWI (the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators).
When I joined SCBWI over two decades ago, I’d already sold a middle-grade and was interested in writing young adult books, too. Yet most of my writer friends wrote picture books.
Whenever I went to SCBWI conferences,
New Voice: Varsha Bajaj on Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood
Varsha Bajaj is the debut novelist behind Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood (Albert Whitman, 2014). From the promotional copy:
What thirteen-year-old Abby wants most is to meet her father. She just never imagined he would be a huge film star—in Bollywood!
Now she’s traveling to Mumbai to get to know her famous father.
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New Voice: Gayle Rosengren on What the Moon Said
Gayle Rosengren is the first-time author of What the Moon Said (Putnam, 2014). From the promotional copy:
Thanks to her superstitious mother, Esther knows some tricks for avoiding bad luck: toss salt over your left shoulder,
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New Voice: Melanie Bishop on My So-Called Ruined Life
Melanie Bishop is the first-time author of My So-Called Ruined Life (Torrey House, 2014). From the promotional copy:
Tate McCoy has not spoken to her alcoholic mother in two years, and then her mom is murdered and her father is the prime suspect.
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New Voice: Heather Demetrios on Something Real
Heather Demetrios is the first-time author of Something Real (Henry Holt, 2014)(excerpt). From the promotional copy:
Seventeen-year-old Bonnie™ Baker has grown up on TV—she and her twelve siblings are the stars of one-time hit reality show “Baker’s Dozen”.
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