Tucson Festival of Books

Sara Pennypacker (she/her/hers)



Lorraine X Scheppler

Sara Pennypacker is the bestselling author of several acclaimed novels for middle grade readers, including "The Lions' Run," "Pax," "Pax, Journey Home," the Clementine series and its spinoff series, Waylon, and "Summer of the Gypsy Moths," "Here in the Real World" and "Leeva at Last." She also contributed four books to the venerable Flat Stanley series. Pennypacker divides her time between Cape Cod and southern California.

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Awards: National Book Award Longlist


Books:
The Lions' Run
Children
Balzer + Bray
February 2026
ISBN 9781250392817
288 pages

Pax
Children
HarperCollins
February 2016
ISBN 9780062377012
288 pages