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Find my recommendation for this thrilling, clever, and utterly hilarious graphic novel about a literary-inspired vampire hunting pig in the American Bookseller Association’s July & August Kids issue of Indie Next.
Ham Helsing #1: Vampire Hunter by Rich Moyer
Crown Books for Young Readers, 9780593308912, $12.99, Ages 8-12
“Ham Helsing is a surprising delight and a fresh take on the vampire-hunting legend. This graphic novel is chock-full of hammy humor, perfect puns, and swashbuckling adventure.”
—Cat Chapman, The Oxford Exchange, Tampa, FL
Ham Helsing was also a Kids Indies Introduce nominee!
Find your copy of Ham Helsing Here.
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Join Jess Stauffer, Joy Dallanegra-Sanger, me and other fabulous booksellers as we introduce the top ten picks for the Indies Introduce Kids Summer/Fall 2021 List! June 9th at 12pm EST via zoom, at Edelweiss+ Bookfest.
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ABA Children’s Indies Introduce: June 2021
Here are the nominated titles the ABA Children’s Indies Introduce panel discussed that are being published this upcoming month, which ones made the final list, and ways to get them into your hands.
The (Un)Popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez
June 1st 2021
Katherine Tegan Books (Harper Collins)
YA
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Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
June 1st 2021
Sourcebooks
YA
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Everywhere Blue by Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
June 1st 2021
Holiday House (Penguin Random House)
Middle Grade
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Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
June 1st 2021
Feiwel & Friends (Macmillan)
YA
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The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimmons
June 1st 2021
Dial Books (Penguin Young Readers)
YA
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Don’t Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd
June 1st 2021
Bloomsbury YA
YA
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The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
June 1st 2021
InkYard Press (HarperCollins)
YA
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Ham Helsing #1: Vampire Hunter by Rich Moyer
June 1st 2021
Crown Books for Young Readers (Random House)
Middle Grade, Graphic Novel
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Coming Storm by Regina M. Hansen
June 1st 2021
Ateneum Books for Young Readers (Simon & Schuster)
YA
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The In Between by Marc Klein
June 1st 2021
Poppy (Hachette)
YA
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The Sea is Salt and So Am I by Cassandra Hartt
June 8th 2021
Roaring Book Press (Macmillan)
YA
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Secret Starling by Judith Eagle
June 8th 2021
Walker Books US (Candlewick Press)
YA
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Almost Flying by Jake Maia Arlo
June 8th 2021
Dial Books (Penguin Young Readers)
Middle Grade
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Both Can Be True by Jules Machias
June 8th 2021
Quill Tree Books (HarperCollins)
Middle Grade
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Daughter of Sparta by Claire Andrews
June 8th 2021
Jimmy Patterson (Hachette)
YA
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Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
June 15th 2021
Margaret K Elderberry Books (Simon & Schuster)
YA
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This spring, I was one of eight panelists in the American Bookseller Association’s Children’s Indies Introduce panel for Summer and Fall of 2021.
The panel’s goal is to read and discuss early galleys and manuscripts of forthcoming middle grade and young adult books that publishers submit to be part of debut author promotions, and choose ten titles for the final list, and to present at ABA’s Children’s Institute. From January to April, we read and had biweekly zoom calls to share our thoughts.
View the full list of the ABA Children’s Indies Introduce Summer/Fall Panel titles here, or, check out the links below to see titles released by month.
June | July | August | September | October | November
#June 2021#ABA Children's Indies Introduce#Indienext#American Booksellers Association#YA#Young Adult#Middle Grade
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Find my recommendation for the middle grade novel about a nonbinary kid, their sensitive and cautious classmate similarly navigating his identity, and a lot of cute rescue pups--Both Can Be True by Jules Machias! This and more titles in the American Bookseller Association’s May & June Kids issue of Indie Next.
Both Can Be True by Jules Machias
Quill Tree Books, 9780063053892, $16.99, June 8, Ages 8–12
“Middle school is hard, but trying to figure out identity — who you are — is probably the hardest part. Ash and Daniel face all of those genuinely awkward, confusing, and wonderful questions in big–hearted ways in Both Can Be True.”
—Cat Chapman, The Oxford Exchange, Tampa, FL
Find Both Can Be True here
#both can be true#jules machias#middle grade#YA#nonbinary#lgbtq#indienext#ABA#as seen in#American Booksellers Association
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March 31st is International Trans Day of Visibility. Here are a few (nonfiction) books we recommend to learn about, uplift, and celebrate trans voices–today and everyday!
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Find my recommendation for A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes & more in the American Bookseller Association’s February issue of IndieNext!
A Thousand Ships: A Novel by Natalie Haynes
Harper, 9780063065390, $27.99
“From The Aeneid to The Iliad and The Odyssey, classic stories of the Trojan War are implicitly reliant on the role of women, however reticent they are portrayed. Finally — finally! — we have a retelling that does women, girls, and goddesses justice. Through the perspective of women in various places and times during the war, Natalie Haynes constructs an epic collage that follows the warriors, refugees, oracles, muses, wives, and daughters of Troy, Greece, and beyond in one of the most famous conflicts in world history.”
—Cat Chapman, The Oxford Exchange, Tampa, FL
Find A Thousand Ships here
#Indienext#ABA#American Booksellers Association#A thousand ships#natalie haynes#February 2021#review#as seen in
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Find my recommendation for Jackie Polzin’s Brood & more in the American Bookseller Association’s March issue of IndieNext!
Brood: A Novel by Jackie Polzin
Doubleday, 9780385546751, $24
“Over the course of a year, told in a collection of snapshots, Brood shows the life of a woman grieving by doing anything but. She gives herself purpose by taking care of a small flock of chickens, as well as finding small but kind, funny, or wry ways of interacting with her neighbors, eccentric mother-in-law, and caring husband, Percy. There are plenty of clever and funny moments from scene to scene (not to mention the odd and interesting analyses of a chicken’s life and point of view), but the beauty in this book lies in the narrator’s acceptance of the everyday, and of all the things — bad, good, but mostly in-between — that come therein.”
—Cat Chapman, The Oxford Exchange, Tampa, FL
Find Brood here
#Indienext#March 2021#ABA#American Booksellers Association#Doubleday#Brood#Jackie Polzin#Review#as seen in
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@siba_books: Thank you to Cat Chapman of @oebookstore for the review of @paraicodonnell's THE HOUSE ON VESPER SANDS (@tin_house) - a Winter 2021 #ReadThisNext title! Find more reviews from Southern independent booksellers at The #SouthernBooksellerReview (link in bio)!
[Image Description: 'Bookseller Review!' is in a yellow rectangle at the top of the graphic. Image of book cover on left hand side of graphic, with the text: "A sooty and shadow-filled Victorian London acts as a sentient backdrop to the sinister, dark, clever (and somehow even hilarious at times), detective mystery that is THE HOUSE ON VESPER SANDS. As a reader, there were just so many sensory details and perfect moments of tension that made the world feel all the more real, and the discovery all the more haunting." - Cat Chapman, Oxford Exchange, Tampa, FL - on the right. Review text is over a blue background.]
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Find my recommendation for Valerie Perrin’s Fresh Water for Flowers & more in the American Bookseller Association’s July issue of IndieNext!
Fresh Water for Flowers: A Novel by Valérie Perrin, Translated by Hildegarde Serle
Europa Editions, 9781609455958, $25
“Valérie Perrin’s Fresh Water for Flowers is gorgeous. Reading it was almost like being baptized by Violette’s presence as a cemetery keeper, in its comfort, stability, and floral surroundings. Perrin takes us into the pool of Violette’s melancholic past, from first loves to devastating losses. It truly gripped each and every one of my emotions, from fear and sorrow to elation and sentimentality. Whatever I can write as a review, this book is still so much more. I’m so thankful to have read it and can’t wait to share it with readers.” —Cat Chapman, The Oxford Exchange, Tampa, FL
Find Fresh Water For Flowers here
#Indienext#July 2020#ABA#American Booksellers Association#Europa Editions#Fresh Water for Flowers#Valerie Perrin#Review#as seen in
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