By Editorial Assistants
#MSWL a YA with this aesthetic!!
Caitlyn Averett @craverett · Oct 4
General #MSWL stuff: magic/spells gone wrong, ghosts, resurrections, possessions, the end of the world scenarios, characters who get themselves into weird/messed up situations that push them to their emotional limits, & friendship stories, especially friendships that ended badly.
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I want a Totally Spies-esque middle grade where a team of young female gymnasts secretly fight crime & jump in the chalk bin to go to their secret agent lair instead of a trash can at school #MSWL
Caitlyn Averett @craverett · Sep 30
Agents, send me stories with nonlinear narratives, please! I love the way foreshadowing can be done with non-chronological timelines, and how knowing the ending can make me all the more drawn into the story. #MSWL
sydnee monday @sydneemonday · Sep 24
Everything Georgia @GAFollowers
Shoutout to this woman who saved two deer at Stone Mountain Park this morning. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/H8tI0M7z7qlate but #MSWL I love animals so much pls I would 🖤to read more lush, gentle, culturally specific stories about our friendships with these beautiful (and enraging and hilarious) beings
Elizabeth Lee @EleeReads · Sep 24
IN GENERAL:
- Mother / daughter relationships
- Diverse stories by diverse creators
- And of course, stories that I don’t even know I want. I love to be wowed. (And proceed to ramble about how much I love something to @GraceKendallLit) 😉❤️
Elizabeth Lee @EleeReads · Sep 24
YOUNG ADULT:
- A fresh, self-aware diverse romance ala #JaneTheVirgin for teens
-A LGBTQIA+ story that doesn’t feature a coming out story
-A freshman year of college story!!
-A gritty, heart-pounding thriller rooted in character with a slow-burning romance
Elizabeth Lee @EleeReads · Sep 24
MIDDLE GRADE:
- #OwnVoices magical realism, reimagined folk tales, and sweeping, character-driven adventures
- Literary, contemporary stories about tween female friendship and the ins and outs of tweendom (if that’s a word)
Elizabeth Lee @EleeReads · Sep 24
PICTURE BOOKS: thoughtful, uplifting pbs that make me want to cry and also read to every child I know.
Shelly Romero @_smromero · Sep 24
#MSWL!
✨ Latinx MG & YA (contemporary; rom-coms)
✨ Vampires! Especially if by authors of color
✨ Atmospheric small-town settings with lots of (deadly) secrets
✨ Mixed format stories like THE KINGDOM, RULES FOR VANISHING, & ALL OF THIS IS TRUE
Ruqayyah Daud @rsdaud · Sep 24
black girl romcom that is basically clueless x legally blonde except dionne is the star 🤷🏽♀️ #mswl
Gianna Lakenauth @GLakenauth · Sep 24
#MSWL: A modern day A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (one of my favorite books!) with a POC protagonist
Rebecca Raskin @RJ_Raskin · Sep 24
I would love liberal political and business books, intersectional feminist topics, books about the ocean, weird science things, books about making the world a better place. #MSWL
Ruqayyah Daud @rsdaud · Sep 24
Would love to see middle-grade fantasy, particularly inspired by MENA mythology #MSWL
Jenn Snyder @jasnyder92 · Sep 24
I’d also love historical fiction featuring badass real women—Zina Portnova, anyone? #mswl
Jenn Snyder @jasnyder92 · Sep 24
Really would love some queer horror--whether that's horror featuring queer characters, horror used to explore concepts of queerness, or both! Non-queer horror also welcome, especially that which hovers on the edge of suspense/horror genres #mswl
Jenn Snyder @jasnyder92 · Aug 22
Morgan Al-Moor @MorganAlMoor
When her sultan husband died, Sultana Shajar al-Durr of Egypt hid the news from his aides, signed the orders in his name, rallied the army, shattered the Seventh Crusade, imprisoned the mightiest monarch in the world—Louis IX—and ransomed him back to France.#FolkloreThursday pic.twitter.com/bwNARvieab
Elizabeth Lee @EleeReads · Aug 19
Can't stop watching #FourWeddingsAndAFuneral miniseries and now I really want a YA version: diverse, tight-knit friend group, romance abound, lots of drama with just as much heart #MSWL