Alex Aceves
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Holiday House
mexico city girl in bkln. likes the π· not the π·. lets other pens dwell on guilt&misery. associate editor @HolidayHouseBks , writer by night. opinions my own.

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if anyone happens to have one of those exact projects filed away in a drawer somewhere π please send it my way! submission guidelines are in my pinned tweet

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5. YA historical fiction about teens involved in labor activism movements (like a fictionalized eliseo medina in the delano grape strike)

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4. books about the dynamics of friendship groupsβIβd love something YA or MG with the feel of NOW & THEN, but more diverse (Celia PΓ©rezβ STRANGE BIRDS does this really well, eg)

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3. tear-jerkers! I donβt love when trauma is deployed gratuitously (i hated that one aesthetics-of-π³οΈβπ-suffering adult novel ppl argue about π), but that doesnβt mean Iβm anti issues books! craving a hefty drama like ALL MY RAGE/WE DESERVE MONUMENTS/THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER

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2. something like SLIDING DOORS but funny! (or perhaps what iβm wishing for is a YA or MG EEAAO). the two roads/what if thing is usually deployed in the context of loss or tragedy, but Iβd devour a story where someoneβs universe is split over something absurd

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1. girls and nb folx who skate! does anyone else miss BETTY on hbo? I was gutted when it was canceled and keep thinking Iβd love a bipoc YA or upper MG BETTY, a book about the challenges of hanging at the skate park as not-a-cis-guy πΉ

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apparently itβs #mswl day! you can find my (too long and overly detailed) MSWL profile at the link below, but I thought in honor of the day, Iβd do a list of five very specific things Iβd love to work onβ¦
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/alexβ¦

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Β‘Feliz dΓa de Reyes! speaking of which, donβt suppose any picture book authors out there have a fiction pb manuscript sitting in a drawer that touches on Epiphany traditions in Latine families/communities? #mswl

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Yes, thanks for mentioning, @AnikaDenise! Upper MG is absolutely at the top of my #mswl, so if any kidlit authors have non-genre MG manuscripts with protagonists who are 13 or 14 and in 8th grade, Iβd love to consider them for Holiday House.

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β¨Lane TIMES INFINITYβ¨ @lanewriteswords
Hi hi! Itβs nearly spooky season AND Latine & Hispanic Heritage Month!! If you are Latine and/or Hispanic and have a spooky book, any age group, I would love love love to read it. I will be prioritizing these books (and any books by Latine and/or Hispanic writers) this monthbig #MSWL item for me too, though I can only do picture books through YA