Book Buzz: Winging It by Megan Wagner Lloyd
“I’ve moved a lot, including back and forth across the country three times! When I moved to the Washington, DC, area, I learned about luna moths—beautiful and short-lived moths who can only be found on the eastern side of the country. This helped me realize that there would be special and unique things about my new home. Since so many kids deal with the difficult experience of moving, I thought this might be the beginning of a new story idea.”
― Megan Wagner Lloyd, Creator Q & A, Discussion Guide
What booksellers are saying about Winging It
- Luna is twelve and moving across the country with her dad to live with the grandmother she barely knows, where she has to make new friends and face the legacy of her late mother. Winging It is a beautiful story about family, friendship, and discovering what makes you who you are. I was especially touched by the way Luna slowly connected with her grandmother.
― Beth Seufer Buss, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina | BUY
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Winging It was a very good book with a plot that kept me on my toes! It always had me wondering what would happen next. The book is relatable to what some people are going through in life right now. Overall, I found the book to be amazing. I would recommend it for kids and even young adults!
― Mandy Harris, Angel Wings Bookstore in Oxford, North Carolina | BUY
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Go on Luna’s journey of self-growth as she navigates a life-changing move across the country with her father, surviving a new middle school while still mourning her long deceased mother and getting to know her seemingly aloof grandmother along with her very rigid rules. I devoured Winging It by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter in one sitting because the character development was so good that I was instantly invested in Luna’s well-being, relationships and her nature hunting ways. Beautiful illustrations, great story line and satisfying feel good ending! Now I’m off to search for the ever elusive Luna Moth…
― Barb Rascon, Page 158 Books in Wake Forest, North Carolina | BUY
About Megan Wagner Lloyd
Megan Wagner Lloyd is the co-creator, with Michelle Mee Nutter, of Allergic and Squished, both instant bestsellers. Megan is also the co-creator, with Abhi Alwar, of the Super Pancake graphic novel series and is the author of Haven, a novel, and several picture books. She lives in the Washington, DC, area. Visit her online at meganwagnerlloyd.com.
Michelle Mee Nutter is the co-creator, with Megan Wagner Lloyd, of Allergic and Squished, both instant bestsellers. Michelle graduated with a degree in illustration from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators, 3×3, Creative Quarterly, and more. Michelle lives in Boston. Visit her online at michellemee.com.
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Those three years of sixth, seventh, and eighth grade are a time of learning who you are as a person. They’re still kids. They play kickball, pull pranks on each other. But they’re also having their first serious relationships, starting to drink or experiment with drugs, questioning their place in the larger world….I want to teach empathy. I want people to understand the viewpoints of others, and that we are better together than apart. I wouldn’t have been able to tell you that 10 years ago. It took me writing a few books—and coming to that theme every time, naturally, as a writer—to understand. 
