Our Fair Share by Sarah Marie Jette

Four friends learn to navigate their troubles during the annual summer fair.

Seraphina, James, Avory, and Cassi are all experienced in fair life with their families seasonal summer work at the fairgrounds in Knox County, Maine. Their summertime is always the best part of the year. Yet this year things are different. 

James is having trouble at his new school. Avory is feeling smaller than ever. Cassi just wants to be left alone, but that's hard when your dad is caught in a scandal. And Seraphina is afraid she'll never get over the car accident her friends don’t know about. To make matters worse, there's a new fair manager who seems determined to take away what is special about their fair. The four friends need to find a way not just to survive their own inner turmoils, but to help their fair community survive.

Middle Grade Fellow

SARAH MARIE JETTE (she/her) is Mexican American and grew up in Lewiston, Maine, in a house filled with books. A graduate of Mount Holyoke College, she served in the Peace Corps in Mongolia, studied rehabilitation counseling, and now teaches elementary school. Jette was honored as a semifinalist in the 2022 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year recognition. Her book, What the Wind Can Tell You (Islandport Press, 2018) was on the 2019 Massachusetts Book Awards Must Read List, received the 2018 Lupine Honor Award from the Maine Library Association, and was on the 2018 New England Children’s Booksellers Advisory Council’s Windows and Mirror’s List. When she's not teaching or writing, she's crafting with her three children or snuggling with her cats. 

Middle Grade Mentor 

JESS HAROLD (she/her) is an editor of children's books from picture books through YA, with a passion for stories that reflect the world for kids of all experiences. She's worked with some truly incredible authors including Angeline Boulley, Kacen Callender, and Joanna Ho. Jess began her career in marketing at Simon & Schuster Children's before moving to editorial at Scholastic, and then joining Henry Holt is an Editor. She loves working on stories that center identity and its many intersections in the hopes of creating building blocks for a better world.