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2025 Silver Falchion Award for Best YA Mystery
A brilliant but isolated teen. A brother he never knew existed. A secret that could shatter everything.
For fans of Neal Shusterman and Patrick Ness.
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The Long-tailed Imagination: Maxine’s inspiring interview with Dr. Seuss
I met Dr. Seuss while I was living in New Zealand, and he had come to the country to go trout fishing at Lake Taupo in the North Island. As the children’s book reviewer for Australia/New Zealand Bookworld (Schur 13),…
The Things We Hold Dear
KQED Perspectives: Maxine Rose Schur shares about what it means to hold on to precious items from family members who have passed away. I’ve been wondering why I love certain things while others, far more costly, I’ve given away without…
The Garbage Men
KQED Perspectives: Maxine Rose Schur reminisces about the sanitation workers in her neighborhood when she was growing up. Monday was garbage day. So as not to miss the fun, when I was little, I’d be up at the living room…
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“The narrative is both dramatic and lyrical: evocative images fill the book. With great artistry, Schur weaves history, adventure, and family drama into a polished narrative.”
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Publisher’s Weekly (starred review)
“Atmospheric and suspenseful… maintaining an edge-of-the-seat tension until the very last words.”
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