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Tag: Identity
Book Review: Are You Nobody Too? by Tina Cane
This quiet look at identity and loneliness will appeal to readers who appreciate the brevity of the verse format and who like a character-driven story.
The Missing Piece: How Writing Middle Grade Helped Solidify My Cultural Identity, a guest post by Ashley Granillo
It’s never too late to piece yourself together, however slow it is to assemble your history and your identity. It’s never too late to embrace yourself, fragments and all. Every part makes up a whole, and makes you enough.
Book Review: The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie: Infinite Identities around the World by Lee Wind
Overall, an enlightening look at how understanding and celebrating gender diversity has been a long-held belief for many people and cultures throughout history.
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Camp Prodigy and the Viola of Gender, a guest post by Caroline Palmer
Camp Prodigy stars Tate and Eli as nonbinary violists, like me, and both are frequently misgendered by those who don’t know them, like me!
Writing Lets Me Be the Kid I Never Was, a guest post by Carol Williams
I’ve finally been able to reach into that drawer and grab some panache. CJ and the soccer-princess-sprite deserve a lot of thanks for that.
This Above All, a guest post by M. E. Corey
My mission is to create stories that teens can see themselves in and be entertained by so I can help them find a way through life despite what may have happened to them so far.
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Book Review: Cruzita and the Mariacheros by Ashley Granillo
With rich character development and a fast pace, this book was a great read built around a world (mariachi) I knew nothing about. Just beware: know where your local panaderia is and be ready to get some treats to keep you company as you read!
Book Review: Timid by Jonathan Todd
It's a quiet story, but one that makes it clear that Cecil is seen, that kids like Cecil are seen. I look forward to more from Jonathan Todd.
Finding Myself Through Princess Jasmine, a guest post by Alexandra Monir
That moment will come, when you realize you wouldn’t want to be anyone else but you. That you were in the right place—that you were from the right place—all along.
An identity formed through protesting: How the 2019 Hong Kong protests were shaped by young people, a guest post by K. X. Song
Many teenagers in this day and age not only understand that politics will impact their world, but that they can in turn, impact politics.
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