Karen Chaplin

I think this needs to be a picture book …like, immediately! 🐭🥰

#mswl I am looking for middle-grade mystery. Mysteries were one of my fav things to read and watch as a kid. Take me back to The Goonies and Encyclopedia Brown with mystery, adventure, friendship, and an element finding yourself.

Quarantining gives one time to think. I’d love an epic matzah-finding Passover book. (Why I thought of this...no idea.) I want action. Clever silliness. Adventure. Would the four sons be involved? Who knows! A picture book of epic proportions...to find the elusive matzah. #mswl

Agents, please send me some "happy" MG and YA. Funny school stories maybe? And all YA Rom-Coms welcome! #MSWL

#mswl MG I’d love to see a manuscript about the drama, the friendships, etc., that happen in an after-school aftercare program that’s part of a middle school but not really. A Breakfast-Club-esque kind of group.

I would love a poignant mg novel that explores ADHD and Aspergers and all the social issues that come along with navigating middle school. #MSWL

Illustrated middle-grade stories! #mswl There are kids out there clamoring for them. Kids who find an all-text novel too scary. Kids who have outgrown chapter books but who aren't ready for a novel. They need those illustrated stories!

Ooh, and this one too--YA version. (It seems I want some kind of pirate-themed YA...?) #mswl

Ummm, #mswl--the YA version pls.

Looking for a Wes Anderson-esque YA. Bring on the quirkiness, weirdness, darkness, or any other type -ness a la Royal Tenenbaums. #mswl

YA abt religious teens (any religion incl Jewish Orthodox) leaving religion w hard transition to secular life re friends/fam/romance #mswl