Mind the Middle Project
Lockdowns & Lockouts: Favorite Book Series Give Middle Grade Readers Shelter, a guest post by author Terri Farley
Author Terri Farley shares how series can be a comfort to middle grade readers seeking emotional shelter
Where are the covertly toxic families in children’s books? A guest post by author Christina Wyman
Where are the covertly toxic families in children's books? Christina Wyman discusses how, for children who suffer difficult family dynamics, seeing their experiences reflected in books is few and far between.
Switching from Prose to Poetry: One Writer’s Journey, a guest post by author Jessica Vitalis
Author Jessica Vitalis discusses poetry and writing novels in verse
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Let’s Talk About the Most Ignored Group in Youth Fiction: 12-15 year-olds, a guest post by author L. M. Elliott
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