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An Interview with Melissa Stoller

For my thirty-fourth Dream Gardens kid lit podcast, I interviewed author Melissa Stoller about her favorite middle grade novel,  The Art of the Swap by Kristine Asselin and Jen Malone.

First published in February, 2018 by Aladdin Press , The Art of the Swap tells the story of two young girls who live a century apart–Maggie, who lives at the Elms in 1905, and Hannah from the twenty-first century where the mansion is now a museum.  But thanks to a mysterious and magical mirror, they’ve  swapped bodies and centuries and have to figure out a way to get back. For Hannah, that means figuring out who was really responsible for an art heist and clearing the name of a young kitchen boy named Jonah. For Maggie, it means negotiating the perils of modern life, like cell phones, soccer practice, and boys. Part fantasy, part mystery, and part historical fiction, The Art of the Swap charts the adventures of these young protagonists who have a lot to learn about each other’s history as well as a lot about themselves.

Melissa Stoller is author of the picture books Scarlet’s Magic Paintbrush and Ready Set, GOrilla, both coming out in 2018. In addition, she writes the Enchanted Snow Globe Collection series: Return to Coney Island, published in 2017, and The Liberty Bell Train Ride,  coming out this summer, 2018.  She is also author of the resource book The Parent-Child Book Club.  You can find Melissa’s website at www.melissastoller.com.

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