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bookriot:
Paula Danziger was a fat kid who didn’t get along with her dad, and she drew on that in her novels, but she also wrote about issues that weren’t getting as much attention then, like divorce, protesting unfairness locally and politically, kids’ rights, being biracial, sex (at least thinking about it), and dating a younger boy. After several years of writing YA, Paula switched to middle grade and chapter books, where she created her most famous character, Amber Brown (who is not a crayon). Amber’s image is etched on Paula’s tombstone; she died very young (53) of a heart attack in 2004. By not-so-remarkable coincidence, she is buried in the Artists’ Cemetery in Woodstock, the place where I spent many, many hours as an angsty teenager.
So where to start with her books? First, a caveat: I recommend going in with the expectation that her YA is much more like today’s MG, and that’s okay.
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bookriot:
Paula Danziger was a fat kid who didn’t get along with her dad, and she drew on that in her novels, but she also wrote about issues that weren’t getting as much attention then, like divorce, protesting unfairness locally and politically, kids’ rights, being biracial, sex (at least thinking about it), and dating a younger boy. After several years of writing YA, Paula switched to middle grade and chapter books, where she created her most famous character, Amber Brown (who is not a crayon). Amber’s image is etched on Paula’s tombstone; she died very young (53) of a heart attack in 2004. By not-so-remarkable coincidence, she is buried in the Artists’ Cemetery in Woodstock, the place where I spent many, many hours as an angsty teenager.
So where to start with her books? First, a caveat: I recommend going in with the expectation that her YA is much more like today’s MG, and that’s okay.
http://ift.tt/2wmuCjv
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