So excited and honored to have my new book FOOTNOTES included in Buzz Books 2021! https://t.co/CurHzmlufU Enjoy the excerpt, and I hope you’ll check out FOOTNOTES once it’s published on May 25. #buzzbooks2021
Thank you to @brownbookshelf for selecting me as one an honoree for their 14th annual 28 Days Later campaign celebrating Black children’s book creators.
So grateful!
Sharing one of my favorite advance reviews of ROOT MAGIC here. @GullGeechComm posted it last year and it felt incredible to hear that I'd successfully captured a little piece of my people and my hometown on the page.
#GullahGeechee
My friend sent me this from Wisconsin, and his mom clipped it and sent it to him, and I didn't even know it appeared in print, and man I love my Midwest people. Thank you @monkeypants44 (and mom!) and @sarahmariewrote for this lovely PRINT review of TOMBOYLAND in @washingtonpost!
Cold & gray here in #Ohio today, but BE NOT FAR FROM ME is a @yalsa Top Ten Pick for 2021! Not a bad way to kick off the year! https://t.co/kl3umVi1w7
Thank you to Seren Sensei for this thoughtful review for the ROOT MAGIC blog tour! Check out her video (and the rest of her channel!) below. ✨
https://t.co/eOJaPCJhUo @EdenRoyce@HarperChildrens
"Simultaneously a riveting drama and a searing portrait of the racism that plagued baseball for decades. This sharp and well-documented history will be a hit with baseball lovers and general interest readers alike."
Congratulations, @LukeEpplin!
https://t.co/9HBdXHbVei
Thrilled to see this⭐️STARRED⭐️review from @PublishersWkly for OUR TEAM—a stunning debut about the rise of the racially integrated 1940s Cleveland Indians!
"Rootwork is alive, constantly growing and developing as a magic." @EdenRoyce wrote about why she wanted to write a book about rootwork the way she sees it—as a positive, strengthening, and healing practice. Read & follow the blog tour! @WaldenPondPress
https://t.co/fhuycCkvhb
✨📢 Giveaway alert! 📢 ✨
Enter here for a chance to win INITIAL INSULT by @MindyMcGinnis! This is a dark, propulsive mystery, with alternating points of view, that unravels a friendship ... forevermore—perfect for fans of ONE OF US IS LYING!
https://t.co/Gvd3jwuJCz
Thank you to @nerdybookclub for letting me chat about my love of libraries and part of my path to ROOT MAGIC's publication. Thanks also to @ChasCoLibrary for giving me that first job all those years ago. My dream is to see my book on your shelves.
Staring off 2021 with a STARRED review from @KirkusReviews for I AM A BIRD, coming next month from @Candlewick.
"A gentle story about connection that will connect with readers of all ages."
Congrats @HyewonYum, @hope_lim, and @TanusriPrasanna!
https://t.co/eKbkONVRKa
I spent the last few days of 2020 off the grid, and returned to the world to find this deeply generous review of TOMBOYLAND in @The_Rumpus. So many thanks to @MelindaCopp for these lovely words, which will carry me into this new year. Also, Leo 4 lyfe. https://t.co/HncIxeqrmI
Out 2/2/2021: I AM BIRD by @hope_lim, illus. Hyewon Yum has a powerful message: we all have more in common than we think. With simple, spare text, and vibrant illustrations, this is a must read. @Candlewick https://t.co/NQHqnMq9sa @Soaring20sPB
The first review for WHEN WE WERE INFINITE is here! @KirkusReviews called it “beautifully, achingly cathartic.” ⭐️ https://t.co/HVrLAwJh0r I’ve been working on this book my entire adult life and It’s surreal it’s going out into the world.