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January 12, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Is There a Place in Publishing for Realistic Fiction About Middle School? A guest post by Hillary Frank

Here Lies Me is the first realistic fiction podcast about middle school, but the idea for the story began as a novel too "dark" for middle grade.

October 1, 2019 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee

This important and well-written look at consent, guilt, blame, pressure, and obligation will inspire much needed conversations for middle grade readers and the adults in their lives.

September 24, 2019 by Amanda MacGregor

Maybe He Just Likes You: #MeToo Comes to Middle Grade, a guest post by Barbara Dee

In her forthcoming novel, MAYBE HE JUST LIKES YOU, Barbara Dee explores the serious and complicated issue of sexual harassment in middle school. She joins us to explain why and how she crafted this book, which she hopes will start important conversations.

Sexual Harassment in KidLit

February 12, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

As a librarian, I don’t often feel genuinely a part of kid or yalit. I’m not an author. I’m not a publisher. I’m not an agent or an editor. But I am someone who regularly talks about books and puts them into the hands of kids and teens. So these last few days, I have […]

#MeToo: Teens, Libraries and Sexual Harassment

October 24, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Over recent weeks, a wide variety of discussion has been happening about sexual violence, harassment, and assault. These are important conversations that have wide reaching implications. Make no mistake, these things are also happening in the lives of our teens. With the discussion there has been a lot of sharing online with the hashtag #MeToo. […]