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Beth Kephart Named First Author in Residence for Readergirlz

Please join me from September through December 2009 as I discuss and celebrate everything from the choreography of stories to the power of research in monthly vlogs and contests as readergirlz's first author in residence . Readergirlz is widely recognized as one of the nation's premier sites for young readers, their parents, their teachers, and...

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The Heart Is Not a Size
by Beth Kephart

Georgia knows what it means to keep secrets. She knows how to ignore things. She knows that some things are better left unsaid. . . . Or are they? When Georgia and her best friend, Riley, travel along with nine other suburban Pennsylvania kids to Anapra, a squatters' village in the heat-flattened border city of Juarez, Mexico, secrets seem to...

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THURSDAY 02 SEPTEMBER, 2010

Storm coming in (a how I write post)

It's all different now - the way I write, the way I think about writing. I had had goals, once - four pages a day, say, on writing days. Now it works like this: I spend a few hours each new scene day simply dreaming. The next day I scribble thoughts and lists. The...