My rockstar author is....
A.J. is the author of several books and is here today with some of her top favorite quotes from all of her books! But first, let me tell you why I think A.J. Paquette is a rockstar author:
Why A.J. Paquette is a Rockstar Author
I think A.J. is a Rockstar Author because, not only does she write enthralling, highly entertaining, and thought-provoking books, she writes them for ALL kinds of young readers. From the littlest readers to readers young at heart, A.J. has a book for everyone. She writes fantastic picture books, middle-grade books that sparkle and shine, and smart, complexly crafted young adult books. But that's not all...A.J. isn't just an author, she's also a literary agent, which means she doesn't just write awesome books, she helps share other awesome books by other rockstar authors with the world!
A.J. Paquette's Favorite Quotes From Her Books
Author’s
Note:
Ask
any parent to pick a favorite child, and I’m guessing that most
will kindly demur. Now imagine having thousands upon thousands of
paragraphs, er, children—not only do you have to choose between
them, but you also have to remember each of them individually!
Needless to say, not the easiest task to accomplish. Despite this, I
was excited when assigned this blog post topic; it was immensely fun
to dive into my projects old and new, poke around, and see which
quotes caught my eye. From these I’ve pulled out a selection of the
ones that did so: I will not say that these are my “Top Favorite
Quotes,” but I will say that they are ones I like very much, and
which I hope give a flavor for the stories from they are drawn. Maybe
you will be inspired to pick up one or more of the full books and
check them out for yourself? –AJP
#1
I
am alone. People around me talk, laugh, push, jostle. They speak into
small mobile phones and they squawk at their children. They look
coyly at boys or girls near them. They move fluidly through this
dance of life without giving it a second thought. And here I stand,
stuck on the side with my dancing shoes still in hand. It is not that
I don’t know the right moves—I don’t even hear the same music.
--Luchi
arrives in Bangkok, in
NOWHERE
GIRL (Walker/Bloomsbury, 2011)
#2
The
sun is shining, and we are in the mood for adventure. It’s a
perfect day for tracking fairies! Let’s go look for clues. –The
hunt begins, in THE
TIPTOE GUIDE TO TRACKING FAIRIES (Tanglewood, 2011)
#3
Dahlia
was dead, but the sunflower was not. Not yet, anyway. It still looked
shimmery and only half-visible, just like all other living things.
But the stem was bent and broken, and drooped down from the rest of
the plant. Soon it would expire—right into Dahlia’s waiting
hands. Then she would carry the new ghost flower to her garden. –We
are introduced to Dahlia, in RULES
FOR GHOSTING (Walker/Bloosmbury, 2013)
#4
Six
months didn’t seem nearly long enough to inhabit a place like this.
It was the kind of house you wanted to take your time to explore,
savoring every room and introducing yourself to each doorframe and
wall hanging. It was the kind of house you wanted to make friends
with slowly, because you knew it would be a friendship worth keeping,
one that could last a lifetime. –Oliver
arrives at Silverton Manor, in RULES
FOR GHOSTING (Walker/Bloomsbury, 2013)
#5
“Cyclid-Bf
appears to be in every way ideal for supporting human life,” said
eminent astrophysicist Dr. Alan Bartleby. “Yet any humans actually
trying to get there would perish long before arrival. Humanity may
have just found its ultimate paradox.” –News
article quoted in
PARADOX
(Random House, 2013)
#6
Ana
has no idea what kind of person she was, or is,
but
one
thing she does know right now: Loneliness and self- pity
are
not only self-indulgent but dangerous. You
have now arrived
on
Paradox. She’s
maybe alone, definitely damaged, possibly
deranged—
but she’s here.
On
this alien planet.
She
has no one to rely on but herself. –Ana
gets moving, in PARADOX
(Random House, 2013)
#7
Petey
is enjoying a TRANQUIL afternoon: peace and quiet and some light
gardening. Pru is feeling TRICKSY. She has a sneaky little plan.
–PETEY AND PRU AND THE HULLABALOO (Clarion, 2013)
A.J. Paquette
A.J. Paquette has been writing stories since early childhood. She and her sister would spend hours creating masterpieces of stapled paper and handwritten words, complete with pen-and-ink covers and boxed illustrations. The road to publication was long and winding, peppered with many small successes including: a variety of national magazine publications, being a 2005 PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Discovery Award honoree, and receiving the 2008 SCBWI’s Susan Landers Glass Scholarship Award, for the book that would later become Nowhere Girl. Her first picture book, The Tiptoe Guide to Tracking Fairies, was published in 2009. She now lives with her husband and two daughters in the Boston area, where she continues to write books for children and young adults. She is also an agent with the Erin Murphy Literary Agency.
BOOKS BY A.J. PAQUETTE
(click on each book to learn more)
Picture Books
Middle-Grade
Young Adult
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