Ordinary children often encounter one impossible thing in Laurel Snyder's fiction, which moves between realistic family stories and quiet fantasy. Orphan Island follows nine children living without adults on an island where a mysterious green boat brings a new child each year and takes the eldest away, turning a simple rule into questions about growing up and leaving home. Bigger Than a Bread Box gives a girl a magical bread box that can produce whatever she wishes for, but the wishes complicate an already difficult family situation. My Jasper June stays in the real world, following two lonely girls through a secret summer friendship. Snyder also writes picture books, including Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova. Her middle-grade novels are thoughtful, accessible and character-led, fitting contemporary children's fiction, gentle fantasy and stories about friendship, family change and independence. Read more Less
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