Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Molly Jaffa

From the Folio Literary Management site: Molly Jaffa has been working closely with Folio authors’ projects since 2008, and is an Associate Member of the Association of Authors’ Representatives (AAR). In addition to building her selective but growing list of clients, Molly utilizes her editorial background, previous work experience in the e-publishing industry, and intimate […]

Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Susan Hawk

Susan Hawk is a literary agent with The Bent Agency. Here is her official bio: For the past 15 years, I’ve worked in Children’s Book Marketing, most recently as the Marketing Director at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, and previous to that as the Library Marketing Director at Penguin Young Readers Group. I was […]

Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Marcus Sakey

Today, as promised, we have prominent thriller writer Marcus Sakey here to face the 7 Questions. Marcus Sakey is the author of The Blade Itself: A Novel, Good People, At the City’s Edge, and The Amateurs. Because no one can put it better than him, here is his official bio in his own words: I was […]

Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Stephanie Barden

Stephanie Barden is the author of Cinderella Smith. Click here to read my review. Here is an excerpt from the bio on her webpage: My first book, Cinderella Smith, comes out in April 2011. A second book, Cinderella Smith and the More the Merrier, will come out in 2012. A third Cinderella book, as yet […]

Middle Grade Ninja: Book of the Week Review Policy

Hello, Esteemed Reader. My how you’ve grown! I remember a time not so long ago when Esteemed Reader meant just Mrs. Ninja. But more of you Esteemed Readers are finding your way here each week. Therefore, I have no choice but to write out a review policy, or statement of intent, or blogger’s manifesto, or […]

Middle Grade Ninja: AND THEN… (cover reveal)

I’m so excited today, Esteemed Reader, as this cover is something I’ve been wanting to share with you for months now and the actual title of The And Then Story is something I’ve been waiting to share with you for five years (I started the first draft at the same time I started this blog). […]

Middle Grade Ninja: Book Review: BATGIRL AT SUPER HERO HIGH by Lisa Yee

First Paragraph(s): Oh, sure, there were injuries. Lumps and bruises were an occupational hazard. Sometimes it was because a muscle-bound metahuman was momentarily careless when working out in Wildcat’s phys ed class. Or because a flyer took a turn a tad too sharply and slammed into a wall (or a fellow student or the cafeteria) at […]

Middle Grade Ninja: Book Review: CURIOSITY HOUSE – THE SHRUNKEN HEAD by Lauren Oliver and H.C. Chester

First Paragraph(s): Come in, please. St p out o the rain. It had been raining for three straight days, and even the regular customers were staying away. On Thursday, Thomas had the idea of posting a sign on the doors of the museum. By Friday, several letters had blurred away, ajnd the others were running toward […]

Middle Grade Ninja: Book of the Week: FUZZY MUD by Louis Sachar

First Paragraph(s): Woodridge Academy, a private school in Heath Cliff, Pennsylvania, had once been the home of William Heath, after whom the town had been named. Nearly three hundred students now attended school in the four-story, black-and-brown stone building where William Heath had lived from 1891 to 1917, with only his wife and three daughters. Tamaya […]

Middle Grade Ninja: Book of the Week: JULIE OF THE WOLVES by Jean Craighead George

Hello there, Esteemed Reader. Lovely to see you as always. You’ll remember last week when I reviewed The Giver, I promised that Lois Lowry would be the first of two of my favorite authors from childhood to appear on this blog and that the second would be revealed this week. I know you’ve been losing sleep over […]

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