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Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Young Adult

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J. Anderson Coats has received five Junior Library Guild selections, two Washington State Book Awards, and earned starred reviews from Kirkus, School Library Journal, the Horn Book Review, and Shelf Awareness. Her newest book is The Loss of the Burying Ground, a YA action-adventure about two warring nations, one fragile peace treaty, a ruinous storm, and two girls who are just starting to realize who the enemy really is. Her next middle grade historical, The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls, is forthcoming from Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 2025.

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Junior Library Guild Selection!

The Loss of the Burying Ground is a Junior Library Guild selection! Come for the pirates, stay for the difficult work of finding common ground with someone you’ve always been told is the enemy. Coming your way in September from Candlewick Press!

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Average rating: 3.71 · 8,484 ratings · 1,916 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Tyranny of Petticoats (A Tyranny of Petticoats, #1) by Jessica Spotswood (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J. Anderson Coats (Goodreads Author), Andrea Cremer (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 4,300 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wicked and the Just 3.63 avg rating — 2,120 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming 3.96 avg rating — 754 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spindle and Dagger 3.51 avg rating — 419 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night Ride 3.62 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Children of Woolpit 3.61 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	R Is for Rebel 3.65 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Loss of the Burying Ground 3.47 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Season Most Unfair 4.04 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls 4.50 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Charming. We're going to be murdered in our beds.”
― J. Anderson Coats, The Wicked and the Just

tags: prejudice, sarcasm, suspicion

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“Even better. We're going to be murdered in our beds by infidels.”
― J. Anderson Coats, The Wicked and the Just

tags: prejudice, sarcasm

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“God save me ere I have any babies. They are grabby, clingy creatures who steal your figure and always want a ribbon or a wooden sword. And who sometimes make you die bearing them.”
― J. Anderson Coats, The Wicked and the Just

tags: babies, motherhood

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Which books should we read July 2013? Book should be pubbed between 1/1/12 and 6/30/12. Write-ins welcome but CHECK the list first, please!

The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi

8 votes 19.5%

Keeping the Castle by Patrice Kindl

6 votes 14.6%

Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore

6 votes 14.6%

The Wicked and the Just by J. Anderson Coats

4 votes 9.8%

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

4 votes 9.8%

See You at Harry's by Jo Knowles

4 votes 9.8%

Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta

3 votes 7.3%

Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks

3 votes 7.3%

Lexapros and Cons by Aaron Karo

1 vote 2.4%

Safekeeping by Karen Hesse

0 votes 0.0%

Catch & Release by Blythe Woolston

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The Obsidian Blade by Pete Hautman

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Drowning Instinct by Ilsa J. Bick

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