Tucson Festival of Books

A Touch of Mystery and a Sprinkle of the Unknown


Three bestselling authors talk about their new middle grade novels in which characters navigate mystery and friendship. Each tale involves a sprinkle of the unknown through a ghost, an unusual cat, and an ability to find the lost.


Panelists
Ginger Reno

Ginger Reno has always been a writer—it just took a while for her to figure that out. Her first clue should’ve been her family always calling her “the wordy one.” An enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation, her desire to learn about Cherokee history and culture has naturally spilled over into her writing....

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Jasmine Warga

Jasmine Warga is the New York Times bestselling author of "Other Words for Home," a Newbery Honor Book and a Walter Honor Book for Younger Readers, "The Shape of Thunder" and "A Rover’s Story." Her teen books, "Here We Are Now" and "My Heart and Other Black Holes," have been translated into more than 25 languages....

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Justine Pucella Winans

Justine Pucella Winans is a queer and nonbinary writer who lives with their husband and incredible Halloween-colored cats. Their books include YA novels like the critically acclaimed Indies Introduce title, "Bianca Torres is Afraid of Everything," "One Killer Problem" and "How to Survive a Slasher....

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Books:
Find Her
Ginger Reno
Children
Holiday House
October 2024
ISBN 9780823454808
224 pages

A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall
Jasmine Warga
Children
HarperCollins
September 2024
ISBN 9780062956705
224 pages
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Wishbone
Justine Pucella Winans
Children
Bloomsbury USA
September 2024
ISBN 9781547612574
304 pages