Alice Savage, author of The Yellow House Stories, introduces the new Gemma Hi-Lo series and provides advice for using them—with their special readers’ theater resources—in a classroom setting.
Gemma reached out to its literacy partners, asking how they attract new adult learners. Here’s what some of them said.
2023 marked a significant milestone for Gemma as we celebrated 15 years of publishing relevant, engaging content for emerging adult readers and their teachers. For starters, we raised $15,700 towards our Gemma@15 Anniversary Fundraising Campaign goal! Thanks to our...
This year’s remarkable journey would not have been possible without YOU!
We are delighted to announce our latest HiLo book release - The Museum of Oddities by Susan Thompson. Tami is back! And she’s involved in another mystery. A professional temporary employee, Tami lands a job guarding a quirky collection in the Museum of Oddities. Soon,...
“These are timeless narratives shared by mankind almost everywhere. We all know them already in some form, whether it be through spoken tales, movies, or even dreams. This makes a good starting place for class discussion and exploring the book as literature.”
Charles Coe uses his poetic gifts to create moments of beauty in Spin Cycles, his gritty Gemma HiLo story of life on the streets of Boston.
Readers everywhere love mysteries and emerging adult readers are no exception. Now literacy learners can taste the page-turning pleasure of a juicy HiLo detective story with Susan Thompson’s whodunnit, The Two-Wheeled Detective.
In a series of profiles, we explore the astonishing range of influences our authors have drawn on when writing their books for us. First up: Laurie Foos draws on magical realism in The Giant Baby, a fantastic story that will challenge and engage emerging readers.
Over 15 years of publishing in the literacy space, we’ve been astonished by the creative responses of our authors when faced with the challenge of writing for grown-ups who are learning to read. But how do our authors approach the task of writing for this special readership?