Gary Schmidt

Oct 11, 2024 | johnsoncountypost.com | Mariana Llanos |Leah Henderson |Gary Schmidt |Sajni Patel

The Shawnee Mission School District is proud to present a new season of Read Across SMSD!Offered in partnership with NEA-Shawnee Mission and the Shawnee Mission Education Foundation, this program celebrates reading and our district Strategic Plan belief that our strength is derived from our diversity. Each month, the Shawnee Mission School District highlights book selections from the National Education Association, related to a monthly theme.

Aug 27, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Gary Schmidt |Ben Philippe |Rae Carson

Lachrymose but brimming also with love and heart. Having lost one beloved foster sibling in Orbiting Jupiter (2015), Jack Hurd faces the devastating prospect of losing another in this equally intense companion volume. Schmidt packs his story with seemingly tough but emotionally vulnerable males circling orphaned Jupiter, who is 3 years old and a charismatic scene stealer.

Jun 1, 2024 | booklistonline.com | Jupiter Rising |Gary Schmidt

Aug. 2024. 208p. Clarion, $18.99 (9780358659648). Grades 6-9. REVIEW. First published June 1, 2024 (Booklist). In this companion book to Schmidt’s Orbiting Jupiter (2015), Jack is still grieving for Joseph, his older foster brother. Joseph’s three-year-old daughter, Jupiter, is about to be adopted by Jack’s foster parents when her maternal grandparents decide to adopt her themselves. But if they take Jupiter, how can Jack keep his promise to his brother to “always know where she is”?

May 14, 2024 | loc.gov | Chelsea Clinton |Gary Schmidt

National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Meg Medina is launching a new video series starting on May 14, featuring beloved children’s and young adult authors, illustrators and graphic novelists to foster a lifelong love of reading among young learners.

Apr 26, 2024 | thebanner.org | Gary Schmidt

Twelve-year-old Hercules Beal hates his name. After all, he’s short and not intrepid like the physically imposing and heroic mythical Hercules. But it’s the name his parents gave him, and now he’s stuck with it. There’s one thing, though, that Hercules (the boy) has in common with Hercules (the myth)—in both cases, their parents have died. Hercules lives with his older brother in Truro, Mass., and he’s convinced it’s the most beautiful place in the world.