THE LONELY HEART OF MAYBELLE LANE
Perfect for readers who enjoyed the bittersweet tenderness of Kate DiCamillo’s RAYMIE NIGHTINGALE and the road trip fun of Ingrid Law’s SAVVY, Kate O'Shaughnessy’s debut middle grade novel, THE LONELY HEART OF MAYBELLE LANE, follows a girl who sets out on the adventure of a lifetime to enter a singing competition and—she hopes—meet her father, one of the competition’s judges, for the first time.
Praise for The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane
2020 Indie Next Selection
2021 Bank Street College Best Children’s Books of the Year
2021 Northern California Book Award Nominee
2022 All Iowa Reads Kids Selection
2022 Kentucky Bluegrass Award Nominee
2022 New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award Nominee
2022 Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Nominee
2022 Rhode Island Children’s Book Award Nominee
2022-2023 South Dakota Book Award Nominee
2022-2023 Missouri Mark Twain Book Award Preliminary Nominee
“Maybelle Lane finds courage she didn’t know she had—and it’s contagious. A rich and rewarding debut.” — Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Lyrical and full of heart, this road trip story gets to the core of what it means to create family, to be brave, and to accept the flaws of being human." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
“There is healing in this book, and laughter, and grace, and surprising love. Don’t read it with a box of tissues—just cry, then smile and grow.” —Gary D. Schmidt, author of The Wednesday Wars, a Newbery Honor Winner