Just the other day in our back office, a group of booksellers were discussing the Apothecary series, how much we love it, and who its ideal reader is - which then snowballed into a bigger discussion: What’s the difference between “middle grade” and “young adult” when it comes to fiction? And - putting aside those labels, which one might argue exist largely for marketing purposes - what makes a book appeal to a kid who’s 10 or 12 versus someone who’s 14 or 16? You may know Maile Meloy from her award-winning literary fiction (including the novel Liars and Saints and the story collections Half in Love and Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It). Your kids, however, would recognize her as the author of the thrilling Apothecary series, which continues right here at Parnassus Books next Tuesday, November 3, with the release of the third book, The After-Room.
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