Stepping Up: A Graphic Memoir

by Kiara Valdez, Diana Tsai Santos (Illustrator)

Overview

• Advertising in key school & library media, such as School Library Journal, The Horn Book and Booklist  
• Featured title in Shake Up Your Shelves, a campaign to promote inclusive texts in curriculum, library collections, and bookstores  
• Launch and lead promotion at school & library conferences and preview events  
• Featured title on HarperStacks, the school & library marketing digital hub  
  • Key promotion in Best Books for 7th and 8th graders campaign 
  • Inclusion in HarperAlley group promotions 
  • “Behind the Book” blog feature on HarperStacks 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780063254527
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/04/2026
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Kiara Valdez is an Afro-Dominican writer and graphic novel editor from New York City (shout out to Washington Heights). She graduated from Williams College with a double major in English Literature and Japanese, and spends her free time reading, writing, and enjoying a long list of other hobbies she can't keep up with. She writes graphic novels, pictures books, and story books that include titles such as Dear Dad (with Jay Jay Patton and Markia Jenai), Marvel's Little Groot, Big Feelings and We Are Groot (both with Wendy Tan), and Mami's Magic Words (Richy Sánchez Ayala). Stepping Up is her debut original graphic novel.