How to Make Friends with the New Kid: Advice for Kiara from the New Kids
My presentation to ELL students at Manchester, CT’s high school and middle school explored insights gained from being a newcomer from a different culture.
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The Perils of First-Hand Research
An illness likely contracted in the course of researching my next book prompts me to reflect on how realistic writers take risks in the service of authenticity.
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Patricio Has Writer’s Block, But I Don’t: My Writing Process Blog Tour
My contribution to the My Writing Process Blog Tour, where I talk about the fun of revision and why I write about social and political struggles.
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Put Out of the Pack
An injury due to black ice leads me to reflect on the instinct to put laggards and misfits out of the pack and its implications for persons with disabilities.
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An Economic Development Plan for Little Brick Township: The LEGO Book Launch
I can help you use the people of Little Brick Township, as well as the rest of my LEGO collection, to liven up your next book launch.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
