The Munchkins Series
A Multi-Award-Winning Middle-Grade/YA Fantasy Thriller Both Young and Old Will Enjoy!
Gold Award Winner in Teen Category of the 2021-22 Reader Views Literary Awards – The Munchkins
16th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist in Juvenile Fiction – The Munchkins
19th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist in Teen Fiction – Capricorn’s Journal: My Family’s Fight for Survival
Honorable Mention Winner in the Preteen Category of the 2022 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards – The Munchkins
Winner of 2021 Story Monsters Approved Award for Tween Novels (Ages 10-14) – The Munchkins
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About the Author
Candice Zee
Candice Zee is the multi-award-winning author of The Munchkins series. She dreamed up the idea of The Munchkins as a child while playing make-believe with her brother in Wilkes-Barre, PA. She is an educator who taught for over thirteen years in Pre-K, Kindergarten, and primary grade classrooms. Like Casey Munch in her book series, she is passionate about creating a more just and equitable world.
“This has all the “ingredients” for a fantastical, magical, YA story that also caters to adults who absolutely love the Potter-esque world that happens maybe twice in a lifetime.”
– Reader Views
“Told in a fast-paced narrative voice with complex characters, the exhilarating fantasy will keep readers guessing until the very end—all while falling in love with the quirky cast. The book deserved to be made into a movie or a web series.”
– The Prairies Book Review
“What a dark, gripping, & suspenseful read! The writing is what blew me away the most about this-it’s phenomenal.”
– Belle’s Middle Grade
“A Harry Potter-type fantasy that will keep young readers enraptured from beginning to end.”
-Emily-Jane Hills Orford, Readers’ Favorite
“I was on the edge of my seat as the plot became more and more terrifying.”
- Kristine Zimmerman, Readers’ Favorite
“A study of the superhero story as universal human motivation to confront existential realities.”
– Vincent Dublado, Readers’ Favorite
