Cover Reveal: The Green Children of Woolpit by J. Anderson Coats

Happy Monday, friends! Just in time for #MiddleGradeMonday, I couldn’t be more excited to welcome author J. Anderson Coats to Pop! Goes The Reader as we share the exclusive cover reveal for Jillian’s next middle grade novel, The Green Children of Woolpit! Coming to a bookstore and library near you Fall 2019 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, The Green Children of Woolpit was recently featured on Pop! Goes The Reader’s list of the 70 Middle Grade Novels I Can’t Wait To Read In 2019 and I’m so thrilled and honoured to be able to help with its cover reveal today. Please read on to learn more about The Green Children of Woolpit, including a note from the author, an exclusive cover reveal and an opportunity for one lucky reader to win an advance reader copy of the novel!


About J. Anderson Coats

J. Anderson Coats has received two Junior Library Guild awards and earned starred reviews from Kirkus, School Library Journal, the Horn Book Review, and Shelf Awareness. The Wicked and the Just was one of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Teen Books of 2012 and won the 2013 Washington State Book Award for Young Adults. Her newest book is R is for Rebel, a middle-grade novel about coercion and resistance in a reform school in a fictional occupied country. She is also the author of The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming, a middle-grade novel set in Washington Territory in the 1860s that won the 2018 Washington State Book Award for Middle Grade. The Green Children of Woolpit, a historically-inspired middle-grade fantasy, is forthcoming in fall 2019. Lies and Miracles, set in twelfth-century Wales, is forthcoming from Candlewick Press in spring 2020.

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It’s always an exciting time in the publication process when you know an artist is working on your cover – all the more so when it’s someone as insanely talented as Victo Ngai. Her style is graceful and evocative, and she’s managed to capture the creepiness of this world while still drawing you in. If you want to see more of her work, check out her website! Folks, I love this cover. It makes me think of a picture in an old book of fairy tales. I hope you all love it, too.


Cover art by Victo Ngai

Title The Green Children of Woolpit
Author J. Anderson Coats
Pages N/A
Intended Target Audience Middle Grade
Publication Date Fall 2019 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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It is the autumn of 1160, and twelve-year-old Agnes is working the harvest when she hears a frightened voice in the nearby woods. When she goes to investigate, Agnes can’t believe what she sees. There, at the bottom of the deep pit traps dug to protect the village from wolves, are a boy and a girl.

They are shouting in a language no one understands — and their skin is bright green.

The villagers believe the children came from a nearby Flemish settlement and that malnourishment is to blame for their odd color. Agnes alone discovers that these are no ordinary children: They hail from the kingdom of the fair folk. And it is no accident that she was the one to rescue them — Agnes, who has always felt special, is thrilled to hear that her real parents are the king and queen under the hill.

Trusting that the fair folk cannot lie, Agnes ventures underground. But all too soon she learns just how dangerous a place she’s in — and what it will take to break the ancient bargain meant to keep her there.

As an extra, exciting bonus, Jillian has been kind enough to offer one lucky reader the opportunity to win an advance reader copy of The Green Children of Woolpit! One winner will be chosen at random at the conclusion of the giveaway and the prize will be distributed by Jillian when ARCs become available. This contest is open to residents of the US and Canada. Please fill out the Rafflecopter form below to enter!

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Hi! I’m Jen! I’m a thirty-something introvert who loves nothing more than the cozy comfort of home and snuggling my two rescue cats, Pepper and Pancakes. I also enjoy running, jigsaw puzzles, baking and everything Disney. Few things bring me more joy than helping a reader find the right book for them!

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