I have some thrilling news, which is that my middle-grade novel, THE MONARCHS OF WINGHAVEN, will be published by Walker Books US in the spring of 2022:
I’m so happy to have this opportunity to put a book into the world about a theme dear to my heart: a young person’s bond with nature. As a girl, I spent countless hours wandering the outdoors, birdwatching, taking nature notes, and learning to be silent and unobtrusive enough that animals from mice to skunks to snakes to muskrats came close enough for me to watch without even binoculars.
This book draws on many of those memories, and I’m beyond delighted for the opportunity to share them with others.
So pleased to be publishing this beautiful, empowering, and hopeful book that is a little bit Jean Craighead George and a little bit Terabithia. https://t.co/Rw3H1rtaJA
— Susan Van Metre (@skeetermeeter) January 23, 2020