Happy Book Birthday to my new #MG—HOW TO WIN A SLIME WAR—out TODAY! 🎉🎉🎉 It follows a creative, entrepreneurial, empathetic boy who finds himself + his community + his voice through a 6th grade slime war! Also: a #FilipinoAmerican market, soccer, STEM, & recipes! 💚 Quick🧵 1/?
The story: Alex & his Dad move to a new city to help Alex's grandparents' struggling Asian market & he wants to stand out in his new school—that's when he enters the slime war. I’m SO proud this book has a #FilipinoAmerican kid & loving family at its core. tinyurl.com/p4n88rrp
Sending so much gratitude to my editors Dana Carey & Wendy Lamb, agent @SarahGreenhouse & @RHCBEducators @KnopfBFYR @randomhousekids for everything! Also to @nekokonut22 @KatDamkoehler for the joyful cover! This is me w Dana Carey—back when maskless events still happened! 😭💚
Okay, so my son asked me to include below in this thread. 😂 The spark for HOW TO WIN A SLIME WAR started one summer when I found this glob in my fridge! He & his bffs got SO into slime (that's him below)... I found it EVERYWHERE. I kept a notebook & the story flew from there! 💚
Also sending my appreciation to every reader, teacher, librarian, parent, book lover + all you wonderful authors I’ve been so fortunate to connect with throughout each of my book’s journeys—I ❤️ the #kidlit #mglit community! AND OH HEY, LOOK AT THIS SQUAD! 😭💚🎉
HOW TO WIN A SLIME WAR is available at libraries & your fave indies, like #aapi owned @belcantobooks! If you enjoy the book, PLEASE leave a review online! It really makes a huge difference, esp to show retailers + publishers that readers WANT Books with #aapi main characters. 💚
Goodbye for now from Slime Lady! (a.k.a. me during virtual school visits!) 😂😂😂 Can't wait to share what's next but first... I collapse. 😅💚💚💚🙏🙏🙏
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