I am delighted to share the Reading Guide for The Team here: The Team Reading Guide
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First Review of The Team
I always get excited when the first review for a book comes out (unless it’s not a good review- then I’m distraught) because it means the season of the book is here; the countdown to its release day has begun. The Team is out September 1 and I’m more than read to get this ball rolling!…
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Interview with From the Mixed-Up Files of Middle Grade Authors
I really enjoyed talking with Jason from the Mixed-UpFiles, a website I turn to as a librarian. Every author has a different process and I love reading about how some of my favorites craft their stories.
I KNOW YOU STARTED IT is a bestseller!!
I am super excited to share that I KNOW YOU STARTED IT is number 18 on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list for the week April 12-19, 2026!!
First School Visit for I Know You Started It!
I had the best time visiting Weber Elementary School where they are currently reading I Know You Started It. The mind map on the white board (in the pic where I’m reading to the 5th grade)is all their theories about who in fact started it. And the other one shows the door they made. Both…
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I KNOW YOU STARTED IT has a book trailer!
I am extremely excited to share the book trailer Scholastic made for I KNOW YOU STARTED IT! (Out April 7th and available for preorder now.)
First Review for I KNOW YOU STARTED IT!
I am thrilled that the first review for I KNOW YOU STARTED IT is on a blog both for and written by school librarians! Kiss the Book is a site I go to when I’m in school librarian mode and I love and trust their recommendations, so it’s an extra big thrill that they selected…
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The Next Secrets and Lies Book has a cover and pub date!
I am very excited to announce the fourth Secrets and Lies book: I Know You Started It! You can preorder it here and it will be in stores on April 7, 2026. Here is the synopsis: Someone started a fire at the local middle school! Was it an accident? A prank gone wrong? Arson? Someone…
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Spring News
I’ve been busy in the library. Raul the Third video visited with our high school kiddos, sharing his journey as a writer and artist, and answering questions. And Nidhi Chanani chatted via video with our middle school. Our exuberant students were able to ask questions, taught how to illustrate a cat and then got to…
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Best of December
With less than a week to publication, I’m super pleased to share that I WILL FIND YOU has been named an Amazon Best Books of December for Ages 9-12 and that Book Riot has selected it as one of the Best Children’s Books of December!! Book Riot is one of my top go-tos for book…
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