Wendy Mass, Author . Little, Brown $16.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-316-52388-2
In an intriguing first novel, Mass introduces a 13-year-old heroine with an unusual perspective. Mia Winchell is a synesthete; her visual and hearing senses are connected so that numbers, letters, words, sounds and even some people's auras...
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Wendy Mass, Author . Little, Brown $15.99 (289p) ISBN 978-0-316-05829-2
What is the meaning of life? Mass (A Mango-Shaped Space
) introduces a winning narrator who attempts to answer this question and ends up accomplishing much more. Jeremy and his best friend, Lizzy, are on a quest to discover Jeremy's purpose on...
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Wendy Mass, Author . Little, Brown $15.99 (322p) ISBN 978-0-316-00256-1
Confirming her mastery of the middle-grade novel, Mass (Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
) combines astronomy and storytelling for a well-balanced look at friendships and the role they play in shaping identity. Three narrators take turns: Ally,...
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Wendy Mass, Author . Scholastic $16.99 (267p) ISBN 978-0-545-05239-9
Like a Groundhog Day
for middle grade readers, Mass's (Every Soul a Star
) winning story features a girl seemingly trapped in her 11th birthday. Amanda seems doomed to relive her failed try-out for the gymnastics team, her mother being fired...
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Wendy Mass, Author . Scholastic Press $16.99 (296p) ISBN 978-0-545-05242-9
Mass revisits Willow Falls (the setting of 11 Birthdays
) for this entertaining treatment of the weeks following Rory Swenson's eagerly anticipated 12th birthday. Upon turning 12, Rory begins working through a list of fervent wishes she's...
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Wendy Mass. Little, Brown, $17 (256p) ISBN 978-0-316-08916-6
“Life in The Realms has fallen into a sort of ‘been there, done that’ kind of routine” for Joss, the seventh and least skilled son of the Supreme Overlord of the Universe. The Realms occupy the dark matter of the universe and keep the whole thing...
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Wendy Mass and Michael Brawer, illus. by Elise Gravel. Little, Brown, $12.99 (112p) ISBN 978-0-316-24319-3
Mass (Pi in the Sky) and her husband Brawer kick off a lighthearted chapter book series introducing eight-year-old Archie Morningstar. It’s a Take Your Kid to Work Day like no other when Archie discovers that his father’s job as a taxi driver...
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Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead, illus. by Nicholas Gannon. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (208p) ISBN 978-1-250-16662-3
Ten-year-old Livy, who lives in Massachusetts, hasn’t visited her Gran Nicholas’s house in Australia for five years. When she returns for a visit, Livy is struck by the feeling that something very important is waiting for her. Sure enough, a peek...
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Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass. Macmillan/Feiwel and Friends, $17.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-250838-81-0
Library records contain the keys to a town’s secrets in this lightly fantastical literary mystery from the creators of Bob. On the last Monday of fifth grade, Evan McClelland takes two books from a little free library that has appeared seemingly...
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Wendy Mass, illus. by Gabi Mendez. Random House Graphic, $20.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-593-17963-5; $13.99 paper ISBN 978-0-593-17962-8
Mass (the Twice upon a Time series) and debut illustrator Mendez navigate familial trauma and the impact of technology in this intricately rendered graphic novel that successfully captures the sometimes overwhelming nature of adolescence. When Addie’
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