⭐ Another star for KINDLING! ⭐
Thanks so much to Booklist, which calls KINDLING "a thorough and gut-wrenching exploration of finding reasons to move forward after devastating loss and darkness and how community and connection can breed hope that will linger with readers long after the last page." That's two stars! And I am incredibly grateful. Read the full review here. 🎁 With a month left until launch, there's still time to get your pre-order gifts: three "Polaroids" of the kindlings, featuring art by Naomi Giddings! Details can be found here. Linden Tree Books | Bookshop.org | Barnes & Noble | Amazon | Indigo We’re six weeks out from the publication of Kindling, and I’m thrilled to reveal the pre-order gifts I’ve been cooking up for you! With your purchase (or library request) of Kindling made before February 27, 2024 at 11:59pm PT, you can receive three beautiful “Polaroids” of the seven kindlings, featuring art by Naomi Giddings! Orders made through Linden Tree Books in Los Altos, CA will also arrive with a signed Kindling bookmark. Submit your receipts + your name and mailing address exactly as you’d like them to appear on the envelope to: [email protected]. Offer open internationally until 02/27/24 at 11:59pm PT or while supplies last.
I love the “found object” feel of these prints, and I’m so tickled by the idea that they all happened in this little sequence of events, as the kindlings notice they’re being photographed and seize the camera for a selfie. Naomi’s renditions of these characters make me smile every time, and I’m so excited for you to hold them in your hands! Linden Tree Books | Bookshop.org | Barnes & Noble | Amazon | Indigo It’s a STAR for KINDLING! ⭐️ “Both a mesmerizing fantasy adventure and a haunting meditation on shared trauma.“ Thanks so much to Kirkus Reviews for seeing this book so clearly—I’m absolutely thrilled! Find the full review online tomorrow or in print in January. ⭐️
🔥 NEW RELEASE DATE! 🔥
Exciting news: KINDLING is now launching a week early, on February 27, 2024. That means I get to share this story with you one week sooner! 🎉 ⚔️⚔️⚔️ Come victory or come death Once, the war was fought with kindlings—elite, magic-wielding warriors whose devastating power comes at the cost of their own young lives. Now, the war is over, and kindlings have been cast adrift—their magic outlawed, their skills outdated, their formidable balar weapons prized only as relics and souvenirs. Violence still plagues the countryside, and memories haunt those who remain. When a village comes under threat of siege, it offers an opportunity for seven kindlings to fight one last time. But war changed these warriors. And to reclaim who they once were, they will have to battle their pasts, their trauma, and their grim fates to come together again—or none of them will make it out alive. From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a gut-wrenching, introspective fantasy about seven lost soldiers searching for the peace they once fought for and the future in which they’re finally daring to believe. ⚔️⚔️⚔️ Pre-orders available now. (And as always, save your receipts. 🎁) ICYMI: I'm part of another anthology! 🏠 A few weeks ago, Page Street YA revealed the cover of THE HOUSE WHERE DEATH LIVES, edited by Alex Brown, and look how gorgeous it is! I love writing short stories, and I think this is one of the best (and most tragic 💔) I've ever written, so I can't wait for you to read it!
Here's the official description: 🏠THE HOUSE WHERE DEATH LIVES ANTHOLOGY (originally titled: This House is Haunted) edited by Alex Brown: ✨New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors weave interconnected haunted house stories to build a unique collection of chilling tales, with stories from Alex Brown, Nova Ren Suma, Gina Chen, Traci Chee, Linsey Miller, Rosiee Thor, Courtney Gould, Kay Costales, Liz Hull, Shelly Page, Justine Pucella Winans, Sandra Proudman, C.L. McCollum, Nora Elghazzawi, Tori Bovalino, G. Haron Davis✨ 🏠A dance to the death. A girl who’s just as monstrous as H.H. Holmes. A hallway that’s constantly changing—and hungry. All of these stories exist in the same place—within the frame of a particular house that isn’t bound by the laws of time and space. 🏠Following in the footsteps of dark/horror-filled YA anthologies like His Hideous Heart and Slasher Girls and Monster Boys, and Netflix’s ground-breaking adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, this YA speculative fiction anthology explores how the permanence of a home can become a space of transition and change for both the inhabitants and the creatures who haunt them. 🏠Each story in the anthology will focus on a different room in the house and feature unique takes on monsters from a wide array of cultural traditions. Whether it’s a demonic Trickster, a water-loving Rusalka, or a horrifying, baby-imitating Tiyanak, there’s bound to be something sinister lurking in the shadows. THE HOUSE WHERE DEATH LIVES releases August 6, 2024, but pre-orders are available now via Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon, or check with your favorite local retailer to see about pre-ordering! Cover credits: Laura Benton & Rachel Jablonski Want to gift one of my books to a friend or loved one? Here's a quick guide to how much you'll make them cry.
A bit of good news to start the morning: KINDLING is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! 🔥 Thanks so much to Junior Library Guild for this amazing recognition. Can't wait to share this story with you all. 🔥
🔥 COVER REVEAL 🔥
Illustration by Kiuyan Ran Design by Kathy Lam ⚔️⚔️⚔️ Come victory or come death Once, the war was fought with kindlings—elite, magic-wielding warriors whose devastating power comes at the cost of their own young lives. Now, the war is over, and kindlings have been cast adrift—their magic outlawed, their skills outdated, their formidable balar weapons prized only as relics and souvenirs. Violence still plagues the countryside, and memories haunt those who remain. When a village comes under threat of siege, it offers an opportunity for seven kindlings to fight one last time. But war changed these warriors. And to reclaim who they once were, they will have to battle their pasts, their trauma, and their grim fates to come together again—or none of them will make it out alive. From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a gut-wrenching, introspective fantasy about seven lost soldiers searching for the peace they once fought for and the future in which they’re finally daring to believe. March 5, 2024 ⚔️⚔️⚔️ So excited for this one. ⚔️ Pre-orders available now. (And as always, save your receipts. 🎁) A Thousand Steps into Night was selected as one of the Best Children's Books of the Year 2023 by the Bank Street College of Education! 🌙👹 So thrilled to see this book listed among so many other wonderful titles. Check out the full list here!
YOU ARE HERE: CONNECTING FLIGHTS arrives on bookshelves today! ✈️ Huge congratulations to our fearless editor Ellen Oh, who brought us all together with such style, and to Linda Sue Park on the launch of Allida's first title! I’m so honored to have been part of this beautiful, multi-faceted project and can’t wait for it to find its readers out there in the world! ✈️
You Are Here is a powerful and engaging exploration of contemporary East and Southeast Asian American identity told through twelve interwoven stories set in a teeming Chicago airport. Written by Linda Sue Park, Erin Entrada Kelly, Grace Lin, Traci Chee, Mike Chen, Meredith Ireland, Mike Jung, Minh Lê, Ellen Oh, Randy Ribay, Christina Soontornvat, and Susan Tan, and edited by Ellen Oh. Get your copy here! |
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