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\"\"I found out yesterday that DRAGONS IN A BAG made USA TODAY\u2019S Best-selling Booklist\u2014for the first time since it was published in 2018! I\u2019m happy but also a little confused\u2026sales are steady but they\u2019re still down from the book\u2019s peak popularity three years ago. So why have we made this list<\/strong><\/a> now? I\u2019ll never understand publishing. I did my last school visit of the 2024-25 school year yesterday and one teacher made point of telling me\u2014twice\u2014how much her classes enjoyed the dragon series. Another teacher in NJ reached out to my publisher with the same comment; it\u2019s definitely gratifying to know that my books are meeting a need. I never knew it was hard to find books for third graders! Books with a Black protagonist, yes, but teachers keep stressing the pacing and plot are what hook their students. Book 1 didn\u2019t feel any different from the many magical stories I\u2019d penned before\u2026I wasn\u2019t following an algorithm to guarantee commercial success. The publisher put minimal marketing support behind the series and yet it continues to sell\u2014we\u2019re coming up on 600,000 copies sold. It\u2019s a mystery\u2026but I\u2019m very grateful for all the libraries, and teachers, and booksellers, and readers who have support the series for seven years!<\/p>\n

My last book festival is next weekend in Berkeley. If you\u2019re in or near the Bay Area, join us! I\u2019ll be on three panels:<\/p>\n

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