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The Pants Project by Cat Clarke is a 2020 Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Awards Nominee

6/12/2019

We are happy to share that The Pants Project by Cat Clarke is a 2020 Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Awards nominee!

The Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Awards are sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association. It is the only international award program for young readers in both the U.S. and Canada. Nominations are collected from students, librarians, teachers, and parents in the Pacific Northwest. Nominated titles are judged on popularity with readers, enjoyment, reading level, interest level, racial diversity, imagination, and more.

The Pants Project appears on the Junior Division (Grades 4-6) list.

Students in grades 4—12 vote on the nominated titles on the YRCA list March 15—April 15 of next year. The winners will be announced April 30, 2020.

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Jinxed by Amy McCulloch is a Middle Grade Editors Buzz Title

3/8/2019

We are happy to share that Jinxed by Amy McCulloch is a Middle Grade Editors Buzz Title at BookExpo this year! The title will be published in January 2020 under Sourcebooks Young Readers.

Jinxed was published under Simon & Schuster Children's UK in August 2018. The book is The Golden Compass for the digital age, following a young engineer named Lacey who dreams of working for a company behind customization robot pets called "baku," but soon learns that Jinx, the cat-shaped baku she befriends, is part of a dangerous plot. STEM-based and geared toward female readers, this series starter is a standout in the middle grade category.