Politics in Practice
May 17, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
I hope that reading the book will give readers living with chronic illness a little bit of the gift it gave me as I wrote it.
May 17, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
Part of why we're focusing on middle grade this year on TLT is because discoverability can feel so challenging, with chain stores stocking less MG than ever before. New authors face an even bigger challenge because kids (and their grown-ups) often gravitate toward established authors they know they will like.
May 16, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
Without The Diamond in the Window introducing me to chambered nautiluses all those years ago, I might still be sitting at my laptop staring at a blank page.
May 16, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
Narrative nonfiction has the same goals as any novel – to use these same techniques of conflict, setting, characterization, etc. to build a world that a reader cares about.
May 14, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
History is boring to most kids—totally unfair to history, BTW. But it’s true: students often rank my subject, social studies, as their least favorite.
May 13, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
For readers feeling their own haze all around them, Mackenzie's story will show that complicated realities will always be better than empty fictions.
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May 13, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
To celebrate this unexpected milestone I thought I’d reflect on the six most interesting facts about this weird, bittersweet, wild ride of a story.
May 10, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
By choosing books that combine the thrill of a mystery with a unique setting, educators can review geography, address differences in the ways people live and work, and still engage young readers.
May 10, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
When kids at school say there are "no good books" to read, I send them to two places: graphic novels or the list of short books/books under 250 pages.
May 9, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
Miami is unreal. That’s why it was the inspiration for in my newest YA novel, Death’s Country.
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Politics in Practice
by John Chrastka
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