Welcome to The Steeping Leaf on the web! Annie, Genna, and Zoe hope you'll enjoy the site. To order The Teashop Girls online, please visit your local Indie Bound bookstore, Powell's Books, or Amazon.com. 

To read an excerpt, click here. 

For some wonderful Teashop Girls tea party activities, click here.

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Dear Reader,

Being in middle school can be pretty rough. Everything about everyone is changing so fast. And there are so many things to worry about all at once: school, family, crushes, jobs, and last but definitely not least, friends.

Annie, Genna, and Zoe have been best friends forever. But with eighth grade ending, the girls are beginning to grow up and grow apart. When Annie takes a job at her grandmother's teashop, things begin to look up. In between whipping up chai lattes for customers, tasting new teas, and attempting to catch the attention of her barista boy crush, Annie is finally beginning to feel as sophisticated as her best friends. But an eviction notice spells trouble for the Steeping Leaf. Annie's ready with her multistep Save the Leaf Action Plan, but will it be enough? Can Annie rally her friends to save the Leaf before the teashop and the Teashop Girls are history?

EVENTS QUICK REFERENCE! (for details, click on the Events Calendar page)

 

Good girls author discussion panel, Mt. Mary college, Milwaukee 11.11.09

Laura Schaefer author night, 6:30pm, Middleton Public Library, 11.16.09

Author visit, Lake Mills Wisconsin, 12.04.09

Teashop Girls reading and booksigning, Westphal Mansion B&B, 8pm Hartford WI 12.11.09

Book Chat at the Lakeside Tea Society, Port Washington WI, 1:30 01.20.09

 

Poll

What do you like to enjoy with your tea?

Total votes: 66

News

A special Teashop Girls toast...

2009-01-21 15:18
...to Miss Print for her exquisite review.

Podcast

2009-01-19 18:30
Listen to Laura talk TSG on Stu Levitan's show. To download the podcast, click on the second January 11th segment on this page.

New pics!

2009-01-13 23:01
Click on the photogallery tab for great new pics of The Teashop Girls reading and signing in Madison last night. Thanks again to everyone who came out in the blustery, blizzardy weather.

Follow Laura on the web

2009-01-10 14:34
Teashop girl Laura Schaefer is all over Web 2.0! Get your fix of blogs, photos, and tweets at the following sites. Please add me and then stop by to leave comments any time. twitter.com/teashopgirl flickr.com/photos/teashopgirls http://teashopgirl.blogspot.com www.myspace.com/laurajs79  

Thank you to Toki Middle School!

2009-01-09 11:08
The Teashop Girls took over Toki Middle School in Madison today, and it was a huge success. Thank you to teacher Jacque Strahl and all of the sixth graders for the good questions. Here are my pictures:

The Teashop Girls on the air! 01.11.09

2009-01-06 16:38
Laura Schaefer will be interviewed this Sunday morning, January 11, at 11:30 a.m by the venerable Stu Levitan. If you live in the Madison area, tune in to The Mic 92.1 f.m.

Blogger love!

2009-01-06 14:15
Thank you to Bookshipper for the kind and insightful review of The Teashop Girls!

Author interview

2008-12-29 17:26
Thank you to Bookworm for the great questions and kind review of The Teashop Girls! bookwormbooklovers.blogspot.com

The Teashop Girls Reviewed by Publishers Weekly!

2008-11-27 19:48
The Teashop Girls Laura Schaefer, illus. by Sujean Rim. Simon & Schuster/Wiseman, $15.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-4169-6793-4 Everything tea drinkers might want to know about that beverage can be found in this clever first novel. Thirteen-year-old Annie is determined to keep her grandmother's...

Good reviews for The Teashop Girls!

2008-11-10 22:42
Kirkus, November 15th issue: Nurtured in her grandmother Louisa’s teashop, The Steeping Leaf, Annie and best friends Zoe and Genna have been the “teashop girls” since kindergarten. As eighth grade rolls to a close, Annie laments the new directions Zoe and Genna are moving in, even as Annie’s love...