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A Novel Mind: A Guide to Children's Books

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Sandra Nickel: The Ugly Duckling (Neurodiversity)
Levine Querido, March 3, 2026 "Writing a Fairytale about the Father of Modern Fairytales" When I first started to suspect that I was autistic, I began reading extensively about neurodivergence. Along the way, I discovered two details about Hans Christian Andersen that surprised me. The first was that his extensive writings and the writings of contemporaries have led  experts to ...

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Lynn Almengor: Bones of the Voyager (Depression)
An Interview by Meg Eden Kuyatt "Desperate to feel creative again, indie film director Nina rounds up her community theatre friends to tell a bizarre story about telepathic alien bones.But when her next depressive episode arrives early-in the form of a sarcastic skeleton named Vincenzo-Nina must find a way to tune him out and keep the film on track." Welcome to A Novel Mind, Lyn...

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Susan Metallo: Reasons to Hate Me (PTSD, ASD)
Penguin Random House, Sept 2025. Ages 14 + Welcome to A NOVEL MIND, Susan!  Can you tell us a little about yourself?  I’m so happy to have connected with you! I am neurodivergent (autistic with OCD), a young adult author, and a youth services librarian. I think I’m drawn to literature for children and adolescents in part because I’m still processing through so much of the anxi...

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Morgan: All About "Not Alone Notes" (OCD)
Morgan and Molly of "Not Alone Notes" ( notalonenotes.org ) Hi, Morgan! Would you like to introduce yourself, and tell us a little about your background?  Hello! My name is Morgan, and I have had OCD for as long as I can remember, but I wasn’t diagnosed until college. A few years later, I started Not Alone Notes , with the goal of mailing encouraging, hopeful snail mail to other...

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3 Authors on Generational Trauma in Middle Grade
Generational trauma may seem like too heavy or mature topic a topic for middle grade readers, but authors like Heather Murphy Capps, Sydney Dunlap, and Meg Eden Kuyatt tackle it with great care. In their latest novels, all three authors tell stories of characters who are on healing journeys to overcome these painful legacies. Both Heather Murphy Capps’s and Meg Eden Kuyatt’s mai...

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