An Emotional MG Novel-in-Verse (and now a Printz Honor Winner!) with Lisa Fipps - Starfish
Marissa chats with Lisa Fipps about her debut middle grade novel - STARFISH - as well as letting your instincts, not the market, guide your writing choices; why middle grade novels are uniquely positioned to give young readers tools for dealing with bullies and body image (among other things); deciding when to give closure or redemption to your antagonistic characters and when to leave things unresolved; the wonderful suggestion to keep a visual reminder of kind things people have said about ...