Tag: First Second Books


  • Today is your last chance to enter to win a signed copy of my new interactive graphic novel, What Happens Next: Science Fair Frenzy! To celebrate the book’s release tomorrow, June 20, all you have to do to enter is sign up for my First Readers Club. That’s it! The First Readers Club is my…

  • THIS REVIEW IS REPOSTED FROM PAIGES & LALYPOPS Reading age 7-10 Genre Realistic fiction Publisher First Second Publication date April 11, 2023 1 book, two reviews; Co-review with my little sister Laly (10) Can you survive the talent show? Find out by reading Talent Show Troubles. Megan is your character in this story. Whoever you…

  • Megan Hathaway is in charge of Sunbright Middle Schoolโ€™s talent show and everything is going wrong. Animals are running wild backstage, vice-principal Fisher is hungry for power, and Meganโ€™s friend Olivia might be turning into a zombie. Can YOU help Megan salvage this mess, or will you doom her to an eternity in the schoolโ€™s…

  • In this first volume of the What Happens Next? graphic novel series, YOU decide if Megan will run the Sunbright Middle Schoolโ€™s talent show smoothly…or right into the ground! Megan Hathaway is in charge of Sunbright Middle Schoolโ€™s talent show, and everything is going wrong. Animals are running wild backstage, vice-principal Fisher is hungry for power,…

  • Win a copy of my new interactive graphic novel, TALENT SHOW TROUBLES

  • By Charise Mericle Harper & Rory Lucey First Second Books 240 pages Ages 8-12 From the publisher: “Meet Charise. Sheโ€™s energetic, helpful, a model pet owner and full of inventions. But sheโ€™s also a bad sister. When she goes too far and breaks little brother Danielโ€™s tooth, can she redeem herself? Is an accident really…

  • 2018: YEAR OF THE COMIC Thank you for being a part of my storytelling journey! For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to write and illustrate my own stories. Thanks to the encouragement and support of family and friends, I’ve been able to create 15 books for young readers over the last…

  • A BOOK TOUR? I recently came across this blog post from comics publisher First Second Books and was immediately drawn in by the opening statement: “So, youโ€™re thinking about going on a book tour to celebrate the release of your next book.ย  How exciting!” I’M PLANNING A BOOK TOUR As a matter of fact, Iย am…

  • More thoughts on the book publishing industry from our pals at First Second Books.

  • Anya’s Ghostย comes out today! Hooray! It’s been a long time coming, but Vera Brosgol’s debut graphic novel has finally made it to print, bookstores, and Amazon. I pre-ordered the book a while back and can’t wait to sit down and spend time with it. At a time when a lot of people and companies are…