Books for Tweens & Teens
Attention, teachers & librarians!
Interested in an author visit for your school or library?
J.E. would love to speak with your students! Virtual visits are available based on location.
To schedule a school or library visit, please email Louise Campbell at The Booking Tree, hello@thebookingtree.agency
J.E. Thomas is an essential ingredient in a rewarding and successful school year. She is kind and gentle, but, oh, so powerful! Her school presentations and writing workshops bring such joy as the students read and write, question and explore the literate world around them.
M. Robbins
Educator Resources!
LQ Educator Guide
LQ Educator Guide
LQ Educator Guide
Levine Querido, publisher of both Control Freaks and The AI Incident (June 2025) has a free, detailed Educator Guide for Control Freaks available online.
Character Map
LQ Educator Guide
LQ Educator Guide
Lexi Danielson, Owen Buehler and Bella Spina created a fantastic profile of Frederick Douglass Zezzmer, Control Freaks' aspiring inventor. (Created for CU Boulder’s Children Book Festival 2023, Open Education Resource, Creative Commons)
Discussion Guide
LQ Educator Guide
Discussion Guide
This comprehensive Discussion Guide was developed by GabI Stern & Kailynn Renfro for CU Boulder’s Children's Book Festival 2023, Open Education Resource, Creative Commons.
Want to book J.E. for a different speaking engagement?
J.E. is available to lead writing workshops for children and adults, brainstorm with teachers about innovative ways to incorporate her books into curricula, and talk with parents and guardians about how to encourage even the most reluctant readers to enjoy books.