Smart & Sassy Characters from #ALAyma 2022
It's February, and here at Smack Dab in the Middle, we are celebrating the traits "smart" and "sassy."
We love our smart, sassy middle grade characters, don't we? If I tried to list them all, this blog post would take over the internet. 😊
Instead, I'll highlight a tiny sampling of my personal faves from last week's #ALAyma awards. If you haven't already, please go meet:
...Jo Jo Makoons!
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| American Indian Library Assoc. Honor Book |
...Mary Golda Ross (a real person!)
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| American Indian Library Assoc. Honor Book |
...Ellie, who will teach you how to starfish!
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| Printz Honor book |
...and Klynt, who knows a thing or two about robodogs.
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| Eleanor Cameron Notable Middle Grade Book |
Happy reading!
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Irene Latham is a grateful creator of many novels, poetry collections, and picture books, including the coauthored Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship, which earned a Charlotte Huck Honor, and The Cat Man of Aleppo, which won a Caldecott Honor. Irene lives on a lake in rural Alabama.
!! I love that you've got a biography on here. Bios are so powerful for young readers.
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