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Tag: Loss
The Key is Self-love: Powerful Transitions in YA Books, a guest post by Charlene Allen
Transitions are tough, and they never stop coming. It’s a good thing we have great books to help us through them.
Bringing Grief Out of the Shadows, a guest post by Megan Paasch
I didn’t originally intend to write a book about grief. But then, my father died.
Every Rectangular Panel is One Little Moment: How Comics Helped Me Cope with Grief, a guest post by Will Betke-Brunswick
The themes of my graphic memoir A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings are art, memory, love, math, growing up, puzzles, gender, death, and family. These are all big life topics (except maybe puzzles) and the only way I can understand them is through specific moments.
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Book Review: A Pros and Cons List For Strong Feelings by Will Betke-Brunswick
A moving read for when you want to dig down into the sadness.
What We Carry in Our Guts, a guest post by Lindsey Stoddard
THE REAL DEAL is a story about grief and coping and hope. It’s a story about connections, the ones we refuse to give up and the new ones we are brave enough to create. It’s an ode to the things that bring us joy.
Why I Write Middle Grade with Grownups in Mind, too, a guest post by Emily Barth Isler
Getting comfortable with discomfort is a lifelong lesson we're all working on. Just because the main characters of a book are middle grade age doesn't mean older people can't get something from the story.
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Falling in Love with the Terrible Years, a guest post by Nina Moreno
So, yeah, I wrote about grief again. Sam’s and mine. Maybe yours. And yet…Our Way Back to Always is absolutely that swoony, tropey love story I always hoped to write. Because life—even in the terrible years––can be really funny like that.
Debuting with Death, a guest post by Jessica Vitalis
With the entire world facing unimaginable levels of loss and grief, a Grim Reaper retelling might not seem like an auspicious beginning for my career.
Recent and Upcoming Young Adult Debuts That Grapple With Grief, a guest post by Kate Norris
Debut author Kate Norris shares her experience writing about grief and highlights some other recent and upcoming young adult debut novels that grapple with loss.
Book Review: Lost Soul, Be at Peace by Maggie Thrash
Publisher’s description Following her acclaimed Honor Girl, Maggie Thrash revisits a period of teenage depression in a graphic memoir that is at once thoughtful, honest, and marked by hope. A year and a half after the summer that changed her life, Maggie Thrash wishes she could change it all back. She’s trapped in a dark depression and […]
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