Returning to Portugal and Seeing the Changes
Thoughts on returning to Portugal, seeing the changes, and researching a historical novel that takes place there in 1966.
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Staying Motivated
If you knew that the best grade you could get in a course you really wanted to take was a C, would you still take the course?
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Surviving Santiago Is Launched!
Last Thursday was my official book launch party for Surviving Santiago at the Lower East Side bookstore Bluestockings, ranked one of the top destinations in the Not For Tourists Illustrated Guide to New York City.
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More Visibility for Translators
Prompted by the SCBWI’s creation of a new category for translators, I reflect on the need for more children’s books in translation.
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Reclaiming Our History: The Colorado Student Walkouts
A response to the Jefferson County, Colorado school board’s effort to teach obedience rather than history, and the student walkout that ensued.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
