Rebecca Caprara

Wow! Yesterday Worst-Case Collin was selected as a "Notable Verse Novel" during NCTE's annual Children's Book Awards. Honored and grateful to see my story alongside these beautiful novels-in-verse. Hugely grateful to NCTE. Many congrats to all my fellow authors. Hooray for poetry & middle grade fiction! Full list of selected titles can be found here: https://ncte.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2020-Notable-Poetry-Books-and-Verse-Novels.pdf

So very pleased that WORST-CASE COLLIN has received a starred review. Thank you, @sljournal! https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=worstcase-collin #MGlit#versenovel#poetry#MG

Happy book birthday to this "tender gem" of a novel I love this story & characters so much. I hope readers will tooSending chocolate cake & gratitude to @Julie_Bliven @Kristen_Nobles @charlesbridge @padmatv & everyone else who cheered for this story along the way!

Collin's orange handbook doesn't come with a chapter about how to survive a book launch, but receiving wonderful feedback from readers definitely keeps an author afloat. Thanks to everyone reading, sharing, & reviewing my latest #MG novel.

It's September which means a book near and dear to my heart will finally be hitting shelves 🧡 Six years ago, I began drafting this story in the front seat of my car in a local grocery store parking lot while my infant daughters napped in their car seats. Over a span of months, I worked in stolen, precious 15-minute intervals, writing one poem at a time, trying to maintain a narrative across countless interruptions (and intense new-baby sleep deprivation). Slowly, a book-sh

Thrilled by this review from Kirkus of my forthcoming middle grade verse novel, WORST-CASE COLLIN (publishing Sept 28, 2021 with Charlesbridge). Grateful to everyone who has championed this book during its journey to publication. Read the full review here: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/rebecca-caprara/worst-case-collin/