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I’m pleased — well, pretty ecstatic! — that my middle-grade novel, The Other Half of Happy, will be out from Chronicle Books in fall of 2019! I’ll share some of my writing process on my blog soon. Spoiler alert: the story of writing this book involves the voice of a character who had a lot to say and a pile of poems that became a novel through a LOT of revision. 🙂

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About Me

Rebecca Balcárcel’s debut middle grade novel, THE OTHER HALF OF HAPPY, is due out from Chronicle Books in fall 2019. She is represented by Katie Grimm at Don Congdon Associates. Rebecca took her MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Bennington Writing Seminars . . .

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Books

Coming in fall 2019!

Chronicle Books will release Rebecca’s debut middle-grade novel, THE OTHER HALF OF HAPPY, in 2019.

The book stars Quijana, a half-Latina/half-Anglo seventh grader who does not speak Spanish, does not like Don Quixote, and is defintely not going to Guatemala for Christmas! . . .

“I love these videos! Thank you so much for doing this. You have a conversational authenticity that keeps your videos casual and easily digestible!” — Hurtubise, a fan of Rebecca’s SixMinuteScholar. Come over and watch these talks on literature and writing!

Fan of Rebecca’s YouTube channel

“Prof. Balcarcel is such a sweetheart! I am currently taking her class and it exceeded expectations. She manages to engage all students with very interesting lessons. Her grading is amazing; she gives good feedback. She really strives to improve your writing. Would take this again!” — Composition I student