Heavy Medal
April 24, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
It’s crucial to empower teens to find their voice and their community while advocating for their rights. It’s just as crucial to highlight queer joy and friendship, especially when readers are coming of age during turbulent times.
April 22, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
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.
April 19, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
What a wonderful world we live in to see so much great representation in middle grade.
December 11, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
A highly anxious teen with a long list of fears is forced to tackle them all at once (and add new ones) when they witness the murder (Fear #3) of a neighbor.
December 7, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
Thorough and easy to use, this guide should be something read by anyone working with (or raising!) children of any age. A superb crash course in the past few years of books featuring LGBTQIA+ stories. Don't miss this one.
December 5, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
Things heat up in Bangladeshi Irish Shireen Malik’s life when she’s cast in a televised teen baking show alongside her ex-girlfriend.
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November 29, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
It’ll always be important to me to write stories that tell the truth: there is no should, there is no supposed to, and there are no rules to happiness.
November 1, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
I get excited whenever I see complicated intergenerational queer existence reflected in books for young people. I felt motivated to write my own.
October 10, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
An essential, insightful overview of current issues in the field of Transgender Studies.
September 27, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
Stories let us see ourselves doing things and having adventures. They let us imagine ourselves in those places and know that we are valid.
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