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Jack Cheng is a Shanghai-born, Detroit-based author of critically acclaimed fiction for young readers. His debut middle grade novel, See You in the Cosmos, won the Golden Kite and Great Lakes, Great Reads awards. Jack has visited schools across the globe speaking with students about finding their paths as writers and artists. He is a 2019 Kresge Artist Fellow.

#450: Rest or Rot

#450: Rest or Rot

I don’t think I’ve ever experienced here, in Michigan, an autumn as stunning as this one. Some combination of geography, weather-induced leaf sugars, and Rufus being almost sixteen months old (yes, already). I’m out more during blue hours and golden hours – pack walks in the mornings, afternoon pickups on daycare days when the low angle light catches the tops of trees, afternoon outings when the s

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See You in the Cosmos

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These Days

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“knowledge is better than ignorance, and it’s better to find out and embrace the truth even if that truth might not feel good.”
Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“...if you're only brave when you're happy then it's not bravery”
Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“Most people give up on what they want. They’ll come across the first little obstacle and they’ll give up, and then they’ll try to tear down the people they see doing what they felt like they couldn’t.”
Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

Polls

Sorry, the poll is late this month.

What book should we read in May?

You may write in titles, provided the book is a 2018 Newbery contender and already published.

 
  23 votes 18.5%

 
  21 votes 16.9%

 
  20 votes 16.1%

Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar (write-in)
 
  20 votes 16.1%

 
  19 votes 15.3%

 
  18 votes 14.5%

lucky broken girl (write-in)
 
  2 votes 1.6%

See you in the cosmos (write-in)
 
  1 vote 0.8%

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