Jessica
Lawson

Jessica Lawson is the author of The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher, a book that Publishers Weekly called "a delightfully clever debut" in a starred review and Nooks & Crannies, a Junior Library Guild Selection and recipient of three starred reviews. 

Her latest middle grade novel is Waiting for Augusta. 


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Colorful, quirky, and full of heart, with an ending readers won’t forget. 

Ingrid Law
on Waiting for Augusta

An absorbing work of historical fiction.

School Library Journal
on Waiting for Augusta

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Insightful, humorous, and deeply moving, this novel is one for a kiddo needing a miracle, or just a really meaningful read.

The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
on Waiting for Augusta