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Tag: Anxiety
Sometimes a Monster is Just a Monster, Sometimes it’s More: Anxiety and Middle Grade Horror, a guest post by Lora Senf
Growing up with undiagnosed and untreated anxiety—let’s call it what it is, mental illness—was what led me to write the main character in my debut middle grade horror, The Clackity, as a young girl with anxiety
Book Review: Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom by Sangu Mandanna
When the pocket world Kiki has created in her sketchbooks turns out to be real, and Kiki is now in it, her anxiety has to morph from "oh no, if I left the door unlocked a goose may eat my mom!" to "can I get out of my own way far enough to save everyone in this world?!"
Book Review: Living with Viola by Rosena Fung
I am so glad that not only are we seeing so many more middle grade stories that address mental health concerns, but that we're seeing these stories presented in a variety of ways. The graphic novel format is well-suited for this story as readers will see the impact of what it's like to have a mental illness tagging along beside your every move.
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Characters Can Deal With Anxiety Too, a guest post by Alexandria Rose Rizik
"As a writer, pulling from personal experiences can be so vulnerable but it’s what creates characters that people connect with, which is the whole goal."
HOW CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN EVERYWHERE BLUE, a guest post by Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
Music in books can be healing. Music can soothe the soul. Music, in fact, can be a form of salvation.
Book Review: We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Full of humor and heart and, yes, love, this is a fantastic story about being brave, being imperfect, learning, trying, changing, growing, and taking chances.
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Book Review: How to Become a Planet by Nicole Melleby
This is a lovely, compassionate, and gentle story that's full of love, support, hope, and honesty.
Pandemic School, by Teen Contributor Riley Jensen
Teen contributor Riley Jensen discusses what it's like to be a teenager thinking about returning to school in a pandemic.
Book Review: Let’s Call It a Doomsday by Katie Henry
16-year-old Ellis's biggest worry is the end of the world. When her new friend Hannah appears to be a doomsday prophet, Ellis finally starts to take real action. But will anyone believe her? And is Hannah telling Ellis the whole story?
Book Review: DeadEndia: The Watcher’s Test by Hamish Steele
Publisher’s description Barney and his best friend Norma are just trying to get by and keep their jobs, but working at the Dead End theme park also means battling demonic forces, time traveling wizards, and scariest of all–their love lives! Follow the lives of this diverse group of employees of a haunted house, which may […]
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