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 23, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
So here’s my challenge: I dare you to get outside, in your community. Connect with your neighbors. Make a project out of it — get some extra credit or community service hours in.
April 22, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
In Finally Fitz, I wanted to write a mental health representation that felt true to my experience, one where the symptoms aren’t so obvious in a culture that conflates perfectionism with ambition.
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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 18, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
Bear and Olivia show us that with small changes in our lives, we can and should protect these animals and our small corner of the world.
April 17, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
You know, what we’re really talking about is empowerment—feeling like even the smallest parts of us have power and worth. That could be super important to a middle school kid.
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April 16, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
These books all share anxiety as a theme, but in conversation with each other they feel like they are capturing something essential about the power of middle grade books.
April 15, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
At the end of 2023, I established a 501©3 organization called A Book of My Own. There are so many things out of our control in this ever-challenging world - but getting books to kids who need them? That is something I can do.
April 12, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
Let’s take a look at twelve titles that deserve an encore.
April 9, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
When we listen to each other’s poems and stories, our minds grow wings. We visit each other’s worlds. We begin to understand each other. We become neighbors instead of strangers.
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