The Junkyard by Bryan Reilly

A pitbull with a gentle spirit finds new purpose with the help of a ragtag team of dogs.
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A pitbull with a gentle spirit finds new purpose with the help of a ragtag team of dogs in THE JUNKYARD by Bryan Reilly. Reviewed by Elizabeth Reiser.

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Cover reveal. 13 Moons, a middle grade historical novel about my great grandfather will be released this fall from Reycraft Books. I love the cover by Justin Kewaquado. Thirteen-year-old George is caught between two worlds—his métis fur-trader father's European ways and his Ojibwe mother's distant homeland. George makes a daring decision to run away from home, stow away on a riverboat, and travel to find the mother he barely remembers. #middlegrade #childrensbooks #bookstodon #metis

Three children enjoy a carefree summer holiday swimming and riding horses in the stunning Drakensberg mountains of South Africa, but when they encounter teenage bullies, poachers threatening a wildlife reserve, and a secret government project that seems to involve a witch, they get drawn into an adventure that gets more and more scary.

"The Enchanted Grove" by Stephen Hayes, an adventure story for kids aged 9-99.

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The Enchanted Grove

 My children's book, The Enchanted Grove , is available in paperback from Lulu Bookshop . It is suitable for kids aged 9-12 (and also for th...

Here are my new mockups for middle grade book covers that I designed and illustrated. Neither myself nor the authors I work with use generative ai. Human creativity is strength!

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Reece Carter’s spooky success as a full-time children’s novelist

“I enrolled in Writing Middle Grade Fiction and became a much better writer for it,” Reece told us. “I took everything I’d learned and wrote a fourth manuscript, A Girl Called Corpse , and the rest is history!”…
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/reece-carter-a-girl-called-corpse/

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How Reece Carter became a full-time children’s novelist | Australian Writers' Centre

“I enrolled in Writing Children's Novels and became a much better writer for it,” Reece told us. “I took everything I’d learned and wrote a fourth manuscript, A Girl Called Corpse, and the rest is history!”

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Pop Flies, Robo-Pets, and Other Disasters by Suzanne Kamata

A thoughtful middle-grade baseball novel with more on its mind than winning
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Pop Flies, Robo-Pets, and Other Disasters by Suzanne Kamata - Independent Book Review

POP FLIES, ROBO-PETS, AND OTHER DISASTERS by Suzanne Kamata is a thoughtful middle-grade baseball novel with more on its mind than winning. Reviewed by Jenny Catlin

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The Beach Dilemma by Laura Wiltse Prior

A sweetly relatable family vacation story where the middle child strives to make a name for herself
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The Beach Dilemma by Laura Wiltse Prior - Independent Book Review

THE BEACH DILEMMA by Laura Wiltse Prior is a sweetly relatable family vacation story where the middle child strives to make a name for herself. Reviewed by Jaylynn Korrell.

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