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Anne mazer, author of series like abby hayes and sister magic, and ellen potter, author of books like olivia kidney and slob, lay out what it means to be a writer and tell kids how to get the job done. Ink is the first volume in the paper gods trilogy, but it works well as a standalone novel too. Along the way they call in some friends for some delightful bits of storytelling. But the weight of ink hooked me so deeply that at no point did i want to wiggle free of this story of two historians investigating 300yearold letters written in plagueridden london by a young jewish woman with a whitehot intellect and no acceptable outlet. Ink about it asks middle school youth what they want from relationships, how they handle stress, and which goals they most want to accomplish. Young scribes may find the tools they need with these guides to the craft. A young writers handbook, youll find practical advice in a perfect package for young aspiring writers. In modernday london, a cache of mid17thcentury papers is found, apparently untouched for three centuries, in a house under renovation.
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