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Today's Heavy Medal Mock Newbery discussion book is POCKET BEAR by Katherine Applegate, the 2013 Newbery Medalist
New Dan Santat, a girl gang, a friendship break-up, a story inspired by Armenian and Persian mythology, and a memoir.
This book works its way into the fissures and cracks of children's gray matter, affecting their reading preferences for, potentially, their entire life. For that to happen, you need something a little weird, and special. You need a book like this.
May we have empathy and respect for Latinx families living through political turmoil and exile, no matter which side of the political spectrum they reside without dehumanizing those we see as opposing our ideologies- understanding that the Latinx story is not a monolith.
Imagine taking something as devastating as bullying and turning it into joy and hope. That is my goal with The Right Back at You Project. I want to bring the conversation about bullying out of the shadows and into the open in as many classrooms as possible.
"How do I acknowledge the harm without letting it dominate the story or overshadow the light? How can I stay truthful about the past while keeping the focus on queer joy?" Learn the answers to these questions in this glorious cover reveal and Q&A.
I give young characters in my novels the power of choice, the ability to fall and rise again to conquer a situation, their fears or something that may have a strangle hold on them for the moment.
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