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Agents: Forever and always, I'd love to edit a YA or MG with an MC who is a rapper. A man can dream! #MSWL

#MSWL: Lyrical, gorgeously-written YA fantasy with lush worldbuilding and fascinating magic that can be comped to the masterpiece that is #StrangetheDreamer.

I absolutely loved THE STARS BENEATH OUR FEET. Exactly the type of MG realistic fiction I'm looking for. Agents, if you have MG that comps well to this book, please send it my way. #MSWL

A great post by @DanielleBurby on what "high concept" means. (Agent friends, pls send me your voicey high-concept YA and MG, please!) #MSWL

#MSWL So great to see the rise in #ownvoices YA realistic fic inspired by energized movements like BLM--I'd love to see more for MGers, too!

#MSWL Last one for the day! MG for fans of Kelly Barnhill's masterpiece, THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON. One of my all-time favorite MGs.

#MSWL Always and forever, I'd love to find an MG or YA novel about an aspiring rapper. Send me those hip hop stories!

#MSWL Agents, I'm intrigued by MG & YA characters who are a little damaged--antiheroines, emotionally scarred, suffered loss, outcasts

Agents: I love affecting, beautifully written middle grade in the vein of Jackie Woodson, Kate DiCamillo, and Katherine Applegate. #MSWL

4/#MSWL How could I forget heartwarming middle grade!

3/#MSWL Character/voice draws me in, but plot (particularly commercial concepts) keeps me engrossed.

2/#MSWL near-future speculative. Send me your precocious MCs, quirky and whimsical storytelling, stories that encourage kids to think deeply

1/#MSWL Agents: I'm on the hunt for great mses! MG and YA fict: fantasy, magical realism, realistic fic (dark and dangerous), act/adventure

Agents: #MSWL MG w quirky characters, heart, & whimsy (realistic fic, fantasy, magical realism). YA contemp fantasy with fresh worldbuilding

I'd love to find a YA that reminds me of @azizansari's brilliant, funny, and wise Master of None on @netflix #MSWL @PhilomelBooks

Agents: I'd love to see an MG fantasy with the whimsy and brilliance of a book like JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL #MSWL

Or middle grade! #MSWL

Today, I heard a librarian say her Dominican-American students don't see themselves rep'd in the books they read. Let's change that. #MSWL

Agents, I want to see coming-of-age YA fiction subs for existential, reflective, introspective teens. #MSWL

Agents, are there any YA family crime dramas like Sons of Anarchy or Peaky Blinders out there? Send them my way! #MSWL @PhilomelBooks