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In This Episode of The Say The Word Podcast…

We’re talking about:

• what’s surprising about middle grade books
• an excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Ruby Holler
• what is needed to find a balance between structure and freedom

Here’s where the action’s happening in today’s episode:

• [00:46] - welcome
• [01:04]- how this book came to be read
• [01:58] - what’s surprising about middle grade books
• [05:24] - the excerpt from Ruby Holler
• [08:04] - considering rules
• [08:55] - questions to ask ourselves
• [10:33] - can there be a benefit?
• [12:07] - the cost of rigidity
• [15:09] - considering freedom
• [18:21] - reference to episode 3
• [19:55] - how to have both
• [23:58] - Michelle T.’s quote from Love In The Time of Cholera
• [24:49] - what’s coming up next week

You can find your copy of Sharon Creech’s Ruby Holler here, and all the books mentioned here on the podcast in my curated Bookshop list here.