Told in a unique format of letters, poetry, comics, and journals Kate Messner's new novel tells an important coming-of-age story against the intrigue of a real-life prison break.
Kate Messner is a former middle-school English teacher
and the author of E. B. White Read Aloud Award winner The Brilliant
Fall of Gianna Z. and its companion, The Exact Location of Home;
Sugar and Ice; Eye of the Storm; Wake Up Missing; All the Answers;
The Seventh Wish; Capture the Flag; Hide and Seek; the Marty
McGuire chapter book series; the Ranger in Time chapter book
series; and several picture books. She lives on Lake Champlain with
her husband and two kids. When she’s not reading or writing, she
loves hiking, kayaking, biking, and watching thunderstorms over the
lake.
www.katemessner.com
@KateMessner
Authentic . . . . Middle school worries and social issues
skillfully woven into a moving, hopeful, STEM-related tale.
*Kirkus Reviews on THE EXACT LOCATION OF HOME*
Vivid characters and situations, along with clear, simple writing
and plotting, make this an accessible and enlightening read. A
gentle but truthful look at poverty and homelessness.
*School Library Journal on THE EXACT LOCATION OF HOME*
An empathetic, beautiful, magical, fiercely necessary book that
stares unflinchingly at the very real challenges contemporary kids
face and gently assures them they are not alone. Kate Messner gives
her readers a story to cherish.
*Anne Ursu, author of BREADCRUMBS and THE REAL BOY on THE SEVENTH
WISH*
Hopeful, empathetic, and unusually enlightening.
*Kirkus Reviews on THE SEVENTH WISH*
Rich and daring . . . As she did in All the Answers, Messner
lightens a heavy theme with a bit of magic.
*Publishers Weekly on THE SEVENTH WISH*
It's no surprise that Kate Messner’s magic pen could write a
charming, moving, funny, and ultimately very surprising story about
a magic pencil!
*Wendy Mass, New York Times best selling author of 11 BIRTHDAYS on
ALL THE ANSWERS*
Will appeal to Wendy Mass fans as well as those who love Messner’s
previous novels.
*School Library Journal on ALL THE ANSWERS*
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