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Tag: Epistolary

Book Review: The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen

Title: The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen

Author: Susin Nielsen

Genre: YA Realistic Fiction

Number of Pages: 256

Rating: A

Recommended?: Yes


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Book Review: 3 NBs of Julian Drew by James M. Deem

Title: 3 NBs of Julian Drew

Author: James M. Deem

Genre: YA Realistic Fiction

Number of Pages: 208

Rating: B-

Recommended?: Yes


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Book Review: Hazard by Frances O’Roark Dowell

Title: Hazard

Author: Frances O’Roark Dowell

Genre: Middle Grade Realistic Fiction/Books in Verse

Number of Pages: 160

Rating: B+

Recommended?: Yes


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Book Review: Susie B. Won’t Back Down by Margaret Finnegan

Title: Susie B. Won’t Back Down

Author: Margaret Finnegan

Genre: Middle Grade Realistic Fiction

Number of Pages: 272

Rating: B+

Recommended?: Yes


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Book Review: Take Me With You When You Go by David Levithan & Jennifer Niven

Take Me with You When You Go by David Levithan

Title: Take Me With You When You Go

Author(s): David Levithan & Jennifer Niven

Genre: YA Realistic Fiction

Number of Pages: 336

Rating: A-

Recommended?: Yes


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Book Review: Wenny Has Wings by Janet Lee Carey

Wenny Has Wings: Carey, Janet Lee: 9780689867590: Amazon.com: Books

Title: Wenny Has Wings

Author: Janet Lee Carey

Genre: Middle Grade Realistic Fiction

Number of Pages: 240

Rating: C+

Recommended?: No


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Book Review: Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey by Haddix, Margaret Peterson  unknown Edition [MassMarket(2004)]: Amazon.com: Books

Title: Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey

Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix

Genre: Middle Grade Realistic Fiction

Number of Pages: 132

Rating: B+

Recommended?: Yes


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indiefan20 Uncategorized 1 Comment July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 1 Minute

Character Vignette: Parker (Age 13)

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This is another scene from one of my manuscripts, the project is a epistolary novel made up of emails exchanged between Libby, a college dropout, and a 13-year-old boy with Asperger’s named Parker (for a scene focusing on Libby, click here.) I myself have Asperger’s and I put some of my own experiences into the character.


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Excerpt from Manuscript; Libby #1

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This is an excerpt from a manuscript I wrote about an online friendship between a college dropout and a 13-year-old boy with Asperger’s Syndrome. It’s written in epistolary format and this scene is told from the young woman (the college drop-out)’s perspective.

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indiefan20 Uncategorized 2 Comments April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 4 Minutes

Book Review: The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean

The Ship We Built: Bean, Lexie: 9780525554851: Amazon.com: Books

Title: The Ship We Built

Author: Lexie Bean

Genre: YA Realistic Fiction

Number of Pages: 287

Rating: A

Recommended?: Yes


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