The Strange Case of the Missing Books for Tweens
Silent Lee is fifteen and about to go to high school in the first book in her series. In other words, she’s a lot like my intended readers, many of whom are in middle school. This category is rather casually defined by the publishing industry as middle-grade books. There are even hashtags for it: #middlegradefiction for example. The problem is this category is primarily for younger kids. Tweens of ten to fifteen years of age have a problem finding books because middle-grade f