Marisa Reichardt is the author of UNDERWATER, the upcoming spring 2021 release, A SHOT AT NORMAL and her newest book, AFTERSHOCKS. We talk about packing earthquake kits, the physical and mental strength of water polo players, and how releasing a disaster book in 2020 can actually be rather cathartic. We […]
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Congratulations to Marisa Reichardt, whose second novel AFTERSHOCKS released today from Abrams! A gripping YA novel about two strangers struggling to survive a massive California earthquake When a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits California, Ruby is trapped in a laundromat with Charlie, a boy she had her first conversation with only […]
I’m so thrilled to share the announcement for Marisa Reichardt’s new YA novel, AFTERSHOCKS, which Maggie Lehrman at Amulet will be publishing in Fall 2020! When the Big One hits Southern California, Ruby never expected to be trapped in a laundromat only moments after her first conversation with Charlie. But […]
A belated, but still heartfelt congratulations to Elizabeth Briggs on the publication yesterday of the final book in her Chasing the Dream romance series, MORE THAN DISTANCE! She’s off-limits, but he’s the only one who can help her… Carla Jackson has her life all mapped out, so when her plans […]
There’s been a flurry of great news happening behind the scenes here, and it’s almost too much to post about individually, so I hope you’ll forgive the round-up! First of all, congratulations to Amy Spalding, who is publishing a digital short with Little Brown’s NOVL imprint entitled LOVE AND MUSIC […]
I hope all of my readers are enjoying these Peace Love Books posts, because I am LOVING them! Today’s love story comes from Marisa Reichardt, author of Underwater, which SLJ’s Teen Librarian Toolbox praised for its depiction of Morgan and Evan’s relationship: “He is there to be a friend when […]
We all love good reviews of our books, but sometimes you get something ever better than that — you get a reviewer who really GETS the book. Who understands what the writer was trying to do, and the scope of what she accomplished in achieving it. This week, we got […]
A slightly belated but heartfelt happy book birthday to Marisa Reichardt on the release of Underwater! Morgan didn’t mean to do anything wrong that day. Actually, she meant to do something “right.” But her kind act inadvertently played a role in a deadly tragedy. In order to move on, Morgan […]
I was off in Charleston on our KT Literary retreat when this announcement went live, but congrats again to Marisa Reichardt, whose debut Underwater is a Winter 15/16 Kids Indie Next Top Ten pick! Please join me in congratulating Marisa on Twitter!