Gianna Lakenauth
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Knopf Books for Young Readers
Assistant Editor at Knopf BFYR. Cat mom! Tea, books, wine. She/her. Opinions are my own.
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This is me begging for a YA dystopian that keeps me up for an entire week the way it did my sophomore year of college when I binged read the Hunger Games #mswl
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Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur Wiki @MoonGirl_Wiki
The adaptation of Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow Illustrated by NYT best-selling artist Bea Jackson, speaks to Lunella Lafayette's insecurities about her hair as School Picture Day approaches.📚 August 1, 2023
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I'm obsessed with Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur on Disney and would love a middle-grade or younger graphic novel in the vein of this! #MSWL
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Rowaida Abdelaziz @Rowaida_Abdel
Despite making up 25% of the global population, Muslims only account for 1% of characters on popular tv shows. In most of the 200 shows that researchers analyzed, Muslim characters were typically violent, dehumanized or disparaged — if they existed at all huffpost.com/entry/muslims-…I would also love to see more positive Muslim representation in submissions! #mswl
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Gianna Lakenauth @GLakenauth
Contrary to my MSWL, someone please send me an over the top romance. A romance that will take my breath away and fill me with all the emotions. Something layered, complex, and beautiful. A romance that reeks of teen spirit (pun intended)!A romance that straddles that in between space of not quite a kid, not yet an adult. Of figuring out who you are & how you fit in the world, both alone & together. A romance that fills you with that feeling of infinite possibilities, even if the horizon is uncertain. #mswl
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A beautifully written MG that will make me laugh and cry. Wreck me but also make me happy. #MSWL
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Historical fiction magical realism romance. #MSWL
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Going down a YA murder mystery rabbit-hole & I can’t help but wonder what a YA suspense from the killer’s perspective would read like, with readers totally unaware until the end. It would take a crazy level of plotting and imagination to pull it off & have it be a surprise. #MSWL
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#MSWL non-fiction graphic novels
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My #MSWL is now live!
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#MSWL: A modern day A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (one of my favorite books!) with a POC protagonist