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Tag: Tough topics
Using Magical Realism to Tackle Tough Topics in Middle Grade, a guest post by Heather Murphy Capps
These days, writing and recommending books about tough subjects can feel risky…but there’s never been a time when it’s more necessary to offer readers greater depth and breadth of subjects and diversity of characters.
Knowing and Not Knowing, a guest post by Barbara Dee
I think of all my MG books as journeys, with the main character ultimately discovering that people are complex, nothing is simple, and ambiguity is okay. It’s a journey that often begins with that paradoxical state of knowing-and-not-knowing, and ends with acceptance and understanding.
Psst–Wanna Hear a Secret? Keeping Things Private in My Life in the Fish Tank, a guest post by Barbara Dee
Barbara Dee's recent middle grade titles all have one thing in common: secrecy.
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