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Difficult Childhood

Nikki Grimes spent much of her childhood in and out of foster homes, an experience that would influence her future writing.

"The Invention of Hugo Cabret"

This unique 533-page book doesn’t fit neatly into any one genre—it’s not a traditional novel, nor is it a graphic novel.

Rejection

Luckily for Christopher Paul Curtis and his readers, his first manuscript was accepted.

Looking for themselves

Young people are looking for stories that deal with issues that feel familiar and stories that help them figure out who they are in the world.

Where the imagination lives

There’s a little room in your head which has a door with no handle. It is fed by everything you remember about what you have thought, done, everybody you’ve met, everything you’ve read.

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