April 7, 11:05-11:55, Virtual, Penguin Random House Spring Book & Author Festivalhttps://www.libraryjournal.com/event/prh-spring-festival-2022#program
Panel
Finding Yourself: Middle Grade Novels about Discovering Your Truth
These four works from powerhouse authors examine all the struggles that pull at tweens’ hearts—family, friendship, and standing up for oneself, and superpowers?
Zetta Elliot, The Witch’s Apprentice (Random House Children’s Books)
Margarita Engle, Singing with Elephants (Viking Books for Young Readers)
Lisa McMann, Map of Flames (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)
Elly Swartz, Dear Student (Delacorte Press)
Moderator: Myiesha Speight, Book Reviewer, Common Sense Media and SLJ
