Danielle Binks is an award-winning middle-grade and young adult author and literary agent. In this episode, Danielle shares her between the bookshelves pitch for her books, The six summers of Tash and Leopold, The year the maps changed, Begin, end, begin: A #LoveOzYA anthology and The monster of her age and provides an extensive list of recommendations of what to read next for students who enjoyed them.

Danielle also discusses the importance of middle grade foryoung readers experiencing a period she refers to as ‘an aching kind of growing;’ that difficult period of their lives where they have grown out of children’s fiction and are ready for more mature things, but aren’t quite readyfor young adult fiction yet. She also discusses why school libraries are so important and how they can pull a school community together.