In a collection of personal stories and essays, award-winning and bestselling artists from Matt de la Peña and Veera Hiranandani to Max Brailer and RL Stine write about how hope always wins, even in the darkest of times.
Dr. Rose Brock, a literacy expert and children's literature champion, compiled a list of the below writers to inspire middle grade readders and give them hope as we exit the pandemic and face the deep divide in our country.
The contributor list is:
Adam Gidwitz
Alex Gino
Christina Soontornvat
Gordon Korman
Hena Khan
James Bird
James Ponti
Janae Marks
Jennifer Cervantes
Julie Buxbaum
Karina Yan Glaser
Matt de la Peña
Max Brallier
Pablo Cartaya
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Renée Watson
Rex Ogle
Ronald L. Smith
RL Stine
Sarah Mlynowski
Soman Chainani
Stuart Gibbs
Tom Angleberger
*Vashti Harrison (art)
Veera Hiranandani
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Dr. Rose Brock is a professor and educator at Sam Houston State University who has dedicated her career to turning young people into book lovers. Building relationships with readers through books is her superpower. In addition to her career as a librarian and educator, Dr. Brock is the cofounder of NTTBF, the North Texas Teen Book Festival, the largest library run book festival for young people in the country. Dr. Brock was awarded the Siddie Joe Johnson Award for Outstanding Service to Youth by the Texas Library Association. She is the editor of Hope Nation: Young Adult Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration and author of Young Adult Literature in Action: A Librarian's Guide. Visit her online at drrosebrock.com.
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