I write for curious kids

A celery stick can get you exiled.

I’m Hagit. I make up funny worlds with very serious rules, then send a child in to ask who made them.

New novel · Upper middle grade · Complete

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The new story

Welcome to Banzoville.
Mind the tea.

Garbanzo does everything here. Zoe’s one little refusal sends her whole family on the road. Every town they find has a new rule, and a new reason to break it.

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Off the page

Libraries, school visits,
and a lot of reading.

I’ve helped run a community library, planned activities for young readers, and visited schools with my books. Most days, I’m reading middle grade. Some days, I’m plotting while swimming.

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