Category: Middle Grade


It’s episode 700, and we’re celebrating!! We’ll be answering your questions from social media and sharing more about us. Come get to know your cohosts, get some sneaky book recommendations, and celebrate 700 episodes with PBN. Books mentioned in this episode:  Reading Behind Bars by Jill Grunenwald Running with a Police Escort by Jill Grunenwald […]

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Posted on: October 20, 2022 Category:


Tiffany joins Emma, Jill, and Joe to discuss all things series and how to tackle them when it feels daunting. They also share their favorite series of all time, if they prefer stand-alone books, how they feel about re-reading, and more. It’s like book therapy! Titles mentioned in this episode (we’ve linked the first book […]

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Posted on: September 8, 2022 Category:


Emma, Joe, and Jill are back to discuss their must-read books coming out in September. Joe’s Picks: The Book Haters’ Book Club by Gretchen Anthony On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton Ghostlight by Kenneth Oppel Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror by Various YA […]

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Posted on: August 25, 2022 Category:


On today’s episode, Joe talks with Anna Meriano, author of It Sounds Like This, out August 2 from Penguin Young Readers Group. Anna tells Joe about creating characters in the blender method, they share stories from their time in high school marching band, and they talk about the rebrand of Quidditch. (At the time of […]

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Posted on: August 1, 2022 Category:


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