The State of Middle Grade

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    🕮    When I read Karen Jensen's "Treatise on the State of Middle Grade and Young Adult Publishing Today" on her Teen Librarian Toolbox blog in School Library Journal, I was super impressed with the level of detail of her research... but also alarmed at the many difficulties she described facing the industry right now.

I interview middle grade authors pretty frequently on The Book of Life, but I decided it was time to think about the genre as a whole, and to do what I could to give it my support. So I invited two people who could help answer my questions: What defines a middle grade book? What are the challenges to publishing for this age group? What is the state of middle grade literature today? What can we do to help? My guests are:

  • Karen Jensen, librarian, author of "Treatise on the State of Middle Grade and Young Adult Publishing Today" and creator of the Teen Librarian Toolbox blog on School Library Journal's website

  • Chris Baron, author of Jewish middle grade fiction and founding member of the Facebook group For the Love of Middle Grade

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