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So excited to share this cover I designed for the upcoming Fall '25 middle grade novel The Tinkerers by Caroline Carlson . Can't wait for you to read this excellent book. Such a pleasure to work with this gorgeous art by Junyi Wu! https://www.instagram.com/junyiwu/

Yesterday in my newsletter, I shared the cover of my next middle grade novel, THE TINKERERS, coming in October from Candlewick Press!

The cover is illustrated by Junyi Wu and designed by Lissi Erwin. Isn’t it stellar?

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I love this book cover.

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