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In a collection of personal stories and essays, award-winning and bestselling artists from Matt de la Peña and Veera Hiranandani to Max Brailer and RL Stine write about how hope always wins, even in the darkest of times.
Dr. Rose Brock, a literacy expert and children's literature champion, compiled a list of the below writers to inspire middle grade readders and give them hope as we exit the pandemic and face the deep divide in our country.
The contributor list is:
Adam Gidwitz
Alex Gino
Christina Soontornvat
Gordon Korman
Hena Khan
James Bird
James Ponti
Janae Marks
Jennifer Cervantes
Julie Buxbaum
Karina Yan Glaser
Matt de la Peña
Max Brallier
Pablo Cartaya
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Renée Watson
Rex Ogle
Ronald L. Smith
RL Stine
Sarah Mlynowski
Soman Chainani
Stuart Gibbs
Tom Angleberger
*Vashti Harrison (art)
Veera Hiranandani
About the author
Rose Brock is a professor and educator at Sam Houston State University who has dedicated her career to turning young people into book lovers. Building relationships with readers through books is her superpower. In addition to her career as a librarian and educator, Dr. Brock is the cofounder of NTTBF, the North Texas Teen Book Festival, the largest library run book festival for young people in the country. Dr. Brock was awarded the Siddie Joe Johnson Award for Outstanding Service to Youth by the Texas Library Association. She is the editor of
Hope Nation: Young Adult Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration and author of
Young Adult Literature in Action: A Librarian's Guide. Visit her online at drrosebrock.com.
Follow her on Twitter @reallyrosebrock.
Summary
In a collection of personal stories and essays, award-winning and bestselling artists from Matt de la Peña and Veera Hiranandani to Max Brailer and R.L. Stine write about how hope always wins, even in the darkest of times.
Where does hope live?
In your family?
In your community?
In your school?
In your heart?
From a family restaurant to a hot-dog shaped car, from an empty road on a moonlight night to a classroom holiday celebration, this anthology of personal stories from award-winning and bestselling authors, shows that hope can live everywhere, even—or especially—during the darkest of times.
No matter what happens: Hope wins.
Contributors include: Tom Angleberger, James Bird, Max Brallier, Julie Buxbaum, Pablo Cartaya, J.C. Cervantes, Soman Chainani, Matt de la Peña, Stuart Gibbs, Adam Gidwitz, Karina Yan Glaser, Veera Hiranandani, Hena Khan, Gordon Korman, Janae Marks, Sarah Mlynowski, Rex Ogle, James Ponti, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Ronald L.Smith, Christina Soontornvat, and R.L. Stine.
