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About Leila Sales

Leila Sales grew up outside Boston, USA and graduated from the University of Chicago. Now she lives in Brooklyn, New York, and works as an editor for Penguin Children�s Books. She has a website: www.leilasales.com and tweets @LeilaSalesBooks and is on facebook: LeilaWrites. She has published two previous novels, Mostly Good Girls and Past Perfect, which are not yet published in the UK.

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I love books about kids having adult careers (especially if they’re doing them secretly). Give me a book about a kid lawyer or a kid detective or a kid politician... Read more

10 months ago

World Storytelling Day

You should read Tonight the Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

4 years ago

Leila Sales

I have a new book coming out in August! The Campaign is my eighth book, my second middle grade, and my first book with interior illustrations. It’s available for pre-order now through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Indiebound. A hilarious and timely political comedy—like Veep for tweens—about a twelve-year-old who runs her babysitter’s campaign for […]

4 years ago

Leila Sales

My eighth book comes out from @abramskids on August 25! THE CAMPAIGN is a middle-grade political comedy illustrated by @_kimbala—like VEEP for tweens. Preorder now! @indiebound: indiebound.org/book/978141973… @amazon: amazon.com/Campaign-Leila… @BNBuzz: barnesandnoble.com/w/the-campaign…

4 years ago

International Day of the Girl

If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say, with so many different girls in books, why not read this one! By Leila Sales, published by Macmillan Children's Books.

4 years ago

Love Dance

Love dancing? Tonight the Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales from Macmillan Children's Books is brilliant!

4 years ago

Today in ShelfTalker: Author and editor turned bookseller @LeilaSalesBooks talks about wearing multiple hats pwne.ws/2N0prmc pic.twitter.com/sG7QEJmPLS

4 years ago

If you are looking for a great book for teens about the highs and lows of social media, what happens when things go wrong online, and how to start understanding yourself offline, then I’d highly recommend this ⁦⁦ @LeilaSalesBooks⁩ ⁦ @her_leadpic.twitter.com/eGBHzrTf4B

4 years ago

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