KATHLEEN RUSHALL'S
REPRESENTATIVE BOOKS
Some client books Kathleen feels best represents her tastes
kathleen@andreabrownlit.com
REPRESENTATIVE BOOKS
Some client books Kathleen feels best represents her tastes
kathleen@andreabrownlit.com
YA WITCH-LIT AND F/F ROMANCE: Isabel Sterling’s THESE WITCHES DON’T BURN, a contemporary fantasy about a teen witch living in modern-day Salem who discovers that the tension with her ex-girlfriend doesn't much matter when there's a Blood Witch on the loose determined to destroy her coven (Razorbill/PRH, 2019)
YA ROM-COM WITH DEPTH: Gloria Chao’s RENT A BOYFRIEND, in which a college student hires a fake boyfriend to appease her traditional Taiwanese parents, but when she falls for the guy behind the role who is not parent-worthy, her carefully curated life begins to unravel. (Simon Pulse, 2020)
CONTEMPORARY YA WITH MAGIC: Nicole Lesperance's THE WIDE STARLIGHT, the story of a teen girl whose mother was swept away by the Northern Lights, and when her mom returns years later, she must piece together her memories and journey back to Svalbard to face what really happened. (Razorbill/PRH, 2021)
SPOOKY MIDDLE GRADE: Lindsay Currie’s SCRITCH SCRATCH, in which a 12-year-old girl wants nothing to do with her father's ghost tour business, but is asked to help; each location is darker and scarier than anticipated, especially when a mysterious boy vanishes mid-tour and sets off a chain of bone-chilling events. (Sourcebooks, 2020)
CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE GRADE: Supriya Kelkar’s AMERICAN AS PANEER PIE, about an Indian-American girl who struggles to navigate her two very different lives: the one at home, where she can be herself, and the one at school, where she is teased for her culture. When a racist incident rocks her small town, she must make the choice to continue to remain silent or find her voice. (Aladdin/S&S, 2020)
MIDDLE GRADE NOVEL IN VERSE: Aimee Lucido’s EMMY IN THE KEY OF CODE is the story of a 12-year old girl finding her voice in programming class, just as secrets from her new best friend and her new favorite teacher threaten to destroy her newfound confidence. (Versify/HMH, 2019)
PICTURE BOOKS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL OR SOCIAL JUSTICE THEMES: Ojibwe/Metis author Carole Lindstrom's WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS (illustrated by Tlingit artist Michaela Goade), told from the perspective of a Native American child, is a call to action to defend Earth's natural resources, and was pitched as inspired by the Dakota Access Pipeline protests and other movements led by indigenous tribes across the U.S. (Roaring Brook/Macmillan, 2020)
EMPOWERING BIOGRAPHIES: Annette Bay Pimentel's ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP: HOW ONE GIRL'S FIGHT FOR AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES CHANGED EVERYTHING (illustrated by Nabigal-Nayagam Haider Ali), with a foreword by Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, is the true story of how an eight-year-old girl became a disability rights activist and captured the attention of Congress with her demonstration in support of the Americans with Disabilities Act. (Sourcebooks, 2020)