Amanda MacGregor

Minnesota

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Malcolm Lives! The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers

6 days ago | slj.com | Jennifer Costa |Amanda MacGregor |Erin Entrada

. May 2025. 400p. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9780374311865. COPY ISBN Gr 7 Up–Scholar and antiracist activist Kendi brings the life and learning of Malcolm X directly to young readers in this compelling, propulsive biography. Malcolm Little, born 1925 in Omaha, NE, faced trauma and hardship from early on due to racism and white supremacy. By the time he was in eighth grade, he was hungry and angry which made him reckless and desperate.
Poems for Every Season

6 days ago | slj.com | Margaret Bush |Amanda MacGregor |Erin Entrada

by (text) & illus. by Becky Cameron . May 2025. 224p. Tr $21.99. ISBN 9781444980141. Gr 3-5 COPY ISBN Gr 3-5–Pixies, fairies, gnomes, and ghosts, along with hedgehogs, wagtails, celandines, and many other animals and plants, appear frequently in this poetic collection of tributes to each of the four seasons.
Fast Five Interview: Nova Ren Suma

1 week ago | teenlibrariantoolbox.com | Amanda MacGregor

Fast Five is an author interview series. The author is sent 10 questions and is asked to answer five of them. If you are an author interested in participating in the Fast Five Author Interview series, please get in touch. Nova Ren Suma is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Walls Around Us and A Room Away from the Wolves, which were both finalists for an Edgar Award, among other acclaimed novels including Imaginary Girls.
Fast Five Interview: Erin Entrada Kelly

1 week ago | teenlibrariantoolbox.com | Amanda MacGregor

Fast Five is an author interview series. The author is sent 10 questions and is asked to answer five of them. If you are an author interested in participating in the Fast Five Author Interview series, please get in touch. Erin Entrada Kelly was awarded the Newbery Medal for The First State of Being (2024) and Hello, Universe (2017) and a Newbery Honor for We Dream of Space (2020) She grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and now lives in Delaware.
Summer Love: 16 Romantic Reads for Teens | Great Books

1 week ago | slj.com | Amanda MacGregor

Who doesn’t love a happily ever after? Here are 16 YA romances that celebrate love and everything summer, from camp and vacation drama to jobs and sports and teens honing their writing skills while off from school. So grab your towel, sunscreen, and snacks, and head out in the sunshine to enjoy these summertime stories. For teens who want that camp feeling, because of nostalgia or to live vicariously. Baldwin, Erin. Wish You Weren’t Here. Viking. 2024. ISBN 9780593622698.
My School Visit was Cancelled. I Fought Back and Won. | Opinion

1 week ago | slj.com | Amanda MacGregor |Karen Jensen

As a children’s book author, I love a good mystery. Which is why, last month, after a Virginia elementary school principal abruptly cancelled my visit by email, with no explanation or interest in rescheduling or paying me, I decided to investigate. It didn’t take Sherlock Holmes to figure out what had happened: a parent had complained because of a social media video I had made celebrating Pride month.
Author Mina Ikemoto Ghosh on YA Debut ‘Hyo the Hellmaker’ | 5 Questions and a Rec

1 week ago | slj.com | Amanda MacGregor

In this Q&A series, SLJ poses five questions and a request for a book recommendation to a debut YA author. Mina Ikemoto Ghosh shares about Hyo the Hellmaker in this latest installment. 1. Congrats on your YA debut! How would you describe your book to readers? Thank you very much, it’s nice to have something to celebrate! I’d describe Hyo as a Japanese fantasy murder mystery, where the detective is cursebound to investigate murders and sell vengeance to those left behind.
Bringing People Together, a guest post by E.C. Myers

1 week ago | teenlibrariantoolbox.com | Amanda MacGregor

My 10-year-old son recently observed about a friend he games with: “It’s interesting that she can only play video games a little during the week, but has unlimited YouTube time. But I only get an hour of YouTube a day and can play games as much as I want.”I agreed that was interesting, but I try not to question or judge other parents’ choices, curious as they may seem.
Fast Five Interview: Riley Redgate

1 week ago | teenlibrariantoolbox.com | Amanda MacGregor

Fast Five is an author interview series. The author is sent 10 questions and is asked to answer five of them. If you are an author interested in participating in the Fast Five Author Interview series, please get in touch. Riley Redgate is the author of four YA novels, including Seven Ways We Lie and Alone Out Here. Her fifth YA novel, Look No Further, was published under her real name, Rioghnach Robinson, and was co-written with her sister, Siofra Robinson.
I Hear The Trees: Untamed Poems From Mother Earth

1 week ago | slj.com | Heather Campbell |Amanda MacGregor |Erin Entrada

by (text) & illus. by Junli Song . Jun. 2025. 192p. Tr $22.95. ISBN 9781803381855. COPY ISBN K-Gr 5–The epigraph of this poetry collection sets the tone for the work: “when I walk/ wide-eyed/ through today/ yesterday is forgotten/ tomorrow faraway.” With these few words, Weil invites readers to exist in the moment and immerse themselves in these poems and in nature.