REVIEWS
Readers who enjoy middle grade fantasy, fantasy quests, and quirky humor will be sure to love How to Save a Queendom. Its irreverent take on genre tropes, along with its unlikely heroes, prove an irresistibly charming combination.
Pages Unbound Reviews
I love every novel Jessica Lawson has written. This book is no exception. Impressive worldbuilding, fascinating details of wizardry, intriguing characters, and clever plotting. Set aside a weekend, because once you start reading, you won't want to stop.
​Award-winning author Joanne Rossmassler Fritz, on How to Save a Queendom
Young readers will race through this adventure, while teachers and adults will delight in its gold mine of creative parallels.
BookPage, on The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher
BIO
Jessica fell in love with storytelling at an early age, and is a sucker for Arnold Lobel, Maurice Sendak, Barbara Cooney, Tomie dePaola, Jane Austen, Linda Sue Park, RL LaFevers, Tracey Baptiste, Karen Cushman, Rita Williams-Garcia, Barbara Park, Amy Tan, Maryrose Wood, Anne Ursu, Christopher Paul Curtis, Gail Carson Levine, Isabel Allende, Sharon Creech, Eva Ibbotson, Shannon Hale, Maeve Binchy and many, many, many other wonderful authors and illustrators.
She writes fiction for young readers, lots of to-do lists, and songs about lost socks.
She enjoys living in Pennsylvania, where she and her family spend weekend hours hanging at the local orchard, pretending to be on cooking shows, making up new holidays, and reading plenty of books. She likes pizza. A lot.
