Ayyyyoooo!!!!! Fun news to share, which is that I have a new book middle grade coming a year from now, called Not Another Banned Book.

*cue Muppet flailing*

What’s it about, you ask?

Good question.

It’s about the power of books, and of teachers, and about grief, and saying goodbye, and about good friends and plastic flamingos and death metal and whatever else I could think of to throw in there. And yeah, it’s about banned books, and about how a few people can be motivated by…who knows? Fear? Anger? Unhappiness? — to try and take books away from kids. And how all of us, whoever we are and using whatever tools we can, have to fight back. As Molly learns (and I have to relearn ALL THE DARN TIME): just because we can’t do everything doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do something.

I can’t wait for you all to meet Molly and Mik and Kait and Alex and Alice and Ms. Lewiston and the rest of the gang. I had a lot of fun writing it, despite the serious issue of book banning, and definitely added more shenanigans and mayhem than strictly necessary. Because even when we have to fight back against deadly serious threats like censorship, we can still have some fun along the way.