Marcella Pixley is the award winning author of  five acclaimed young adult novels for young people: Freak, Without Tess, Ready To Fall., Trowbridge Road. and most recently, Neshama. Neshama is the Middle Grade  winner of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Book Award. It was named a Junior Library Guild Selection for 2025 and  a Best Book of 2025 by Children’s Book Review, NIBLINGS, The Berkshire Eagle and Tablet Magazine. Trowbridge Road was long listed for the National Book Award, and was a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award and the Golden Dome Award.

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To arrange an author visit, please contact the author directly at pixleymarcella@gmail.com.

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