#Ellie Engle Saves Herself

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This time, it feels like the beginning of something extraordinary.

Leah Johnson, from Ellie Engle Saves Herself

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Shopper's Delight: B&N Preorder Sale

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part 1 of the 2023 version of this post: middle grade books!

part 2: young adult books | part 3: adult books

this is a very incomplete list, as these are only books I've read and enjoyed. not all books are going to be for all readers, so I'd recommend looking up synopses and content warnings. feel free to message me with any questions about specific representation!

list of books under the cut ⬇️

the tea dragon society by k. o'neill

mooncakes by suzanne walker and wendy xu

the witch boy by molly knox ostertag

the deep and dark blue by niki smith

the magic fish by trung le nguyen

the hidden oracle by rick riordan

strangeworlds travel agency by l.d. lapinski

ellie engle saves herself by leah johnson

ivy aberdeen's letter to the world by ashley herring blake

hurricane season by nicole melleby

ana on the edge by a.j. sass

the ship we built by lexie bean

the pants project by cat clarke

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Hey wonderful Mods! Have any of you read any amazing books lately that you'd recommend? :)

Highly recommend Nuclear Family by Joseph Han! one of us just tore through it.

Another member of our steering committee just finished Pageboy by Elliot Page (we have both ebook & audiobook) & said it was very good.

& one other member of our team is loving the middle grade audiobook Ellie Engle Saves Herself!

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Blog Tour | Ellie Engle Saves the World Herself by Leah Johnson | ARC Book Review

Title: Ellie Engle Saves the World Herself Author: Leah Johnson Publisher: Disney Hyperion Published Date: May 2nd, 2023 Genre: MG Contemporary, magic, coming-of-age, LGBTQ+ Source: Netgalley and Disney Hyperion, And Turn the Pages Tours Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ .5 BUY LINKS: Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1368085555 Goodreads Summary: Ellie Engle doesn’t stand out. Not at home,…

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have you seen this kat? what are your thoughts? twitter com/PublishersWkly/status/1384129772578504713?s=20

1) why are the three pics in the tweet all white women? 

reminds me of the time Hafsah Faizal, a niqabi, was cut out of a Pub Weekly announcement tweet in which she was a main feature of the article they were tweeting about

2) i am so tired of more and more of publishing shifting to IP projects over original works: 

Though a portion of Hyperion Avenue’s list will be developed in-house, Agurto stressed that the company is looking to publish authors outside the Disney family. “We are 100% in acquisition mode,” she added.

yes, this is happening more and more, especially in children’s publishing. 

3) this is nice to hear: 

Recent acquisitions include two books by Leah Johnson; the first in the series, Ellie Engle Saves Herself, is set to be released in spring 2023.

but also? Disney needs to stay the fuck out of publishing. it has its fingers in way too many pies and we don’t need publishing to be reduced even further (what with S&S as well as HMH being enveloped into other publishing houses) and make it even harder to get published. yes, you’re allowed and encouraged to sub to multiple imprints in any given publishing house, but the reduced number of publishers is going to make publishing even more elusive to anyone not In The Know/Bountiful With Connections/Already Famous

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Do you perhaps have any recommendations for middle grade novellas?

Official novellas aren't really big in the kidlit space, but Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino is actually short enough to qualify at 143 pages, and in general, the author is a great go-to for short queer/trans MG - Melissa, Rick, and their upcoming Green are all well under 300 pages as well. Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender is also relatively short at 240 pages, and Meow or Never by Jazz Taylor, at 256, and just under 300 are Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson, Cattywampus by Ash Van Otterloo, and Drew LeClair Gets a Clue by Katryn Bury.

If you'd like to go even shorter, consider This is Our Rainbow, ed. by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby, which is a collection of queer MG short stories!

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Fave Five: Middle Grade with Queer Black MCs

Fave Five: Middle Grade with Queer Black MCs

Hurricane Child, King and the Dragonflies, and Moonflower by Kacen Callender Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms by Jamar J. Perry (Amz) In the Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington Meow or Never by Jazz Taylor Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas Bonus: Coming in 2023: Alex Wise vs. the End of the World by Terry J. Benton-Walker, Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson, and Five Second…