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Naomi and her little brother Owen are content living with their great-grandmother in a trailer park — Naomi carves soap into animal shapes, hangs out with the (clearly flaming, even though the text doesn’t say so explicitly) librarian at school, and watches Wheel of Fortune every night with Gram and her best friend Fabiola. But [...]

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Remember back in October, when I encouraged you to Kickstart Tu Publishing, a new independent press dedicated to multicultural YA genre fiction?
Good news! Tu (now Tu Books) has been acquired as an imprint of Lee and Low! (Yes, I’m a little late to the party on this one; sorry.) They’ll publish 3 books per season, [...]

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Now that the Cybils winners are all official ‘n stuff, I can review the finalists from the Middle Grade Fantasy & Science Fiction category. Here they are, in one speedy blowout:

The Prince of Fenway Park, Julianna Baggott
Check this premise, people: the famous Curse on [...]

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Via Deborah at Gnomic Utterance: Tu Publishing will be a small press “dedicated to publishing fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and historical fiction for children and young adults inspired by many cultures from around the world….” They plan to start acquiring their first two books, which will be fantasy or science fiction, in January.
It’s exciting [...]

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