Robin Easter

May 28, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Robin Easter |Louis Sachar |Soman Chainani |Iacopo Bruno

Summer theater camp sets the perfect stage for an angsty, queer, and romantic middle school story. Your last summer at arts camp is the perfect time to tell your camp bestie you have a crush on her, right? It’s the summer before high school, and Ashton Price is excited for their six-week arts camp. In addition to stage managing and building sets for the “Cinderella”-inspired musical Ella, they’ll bunk with lead actor Ivy Santos. She’s the “PB” to their “J”—and maybe more?

Feb 29, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Monica Hesse |Cin Wibowo |Samira Ahmed |Robin Easter

This gripping psychological thriller features a little-known chapter of WWI history: the story of the Hello Girls, individuals employed by the U.S. Army to operate phone lines in France. In 1918, 18-year-old Edda returns home from her station in France, haunted by a mistake she made that cost her job—and possibly others’ lives. Now, she resides in her aunt’s boardinghouse in Washington, D.C., and works night shifts as an American Bell Telephone operator.