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A Novel Mind: A Guide to Children's Books

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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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When I met my husband, he told me he had recently been diagnosed with ADHD at age 30. It wasn’t caught when he was younger, and getting the diagnosis was validating for him. Years later, when our oldest son was in first grade, we got a call from his school requesting a conference. It was mentioned that he was struggling with executive functioning skills. I remember nervously ask...

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10/21/2025, Nancy Paulson Books A warm welcome to A NOVEL MIND, Lynn! Can you tell us a little about yourself? I am a Mainer through and through, born, raised, still live in Maine, and can’t imagine ever living anywhere else. I currently live in Winthrop, Maine, on top of a ridge where wild turkeys roost and deer and fox visit our yard. I’m Franco-American with family roots trac...

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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Pub Date: October 14, 2025 Set after the end of the world, this darkly fantastical climate change...

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Quill Tree Books, March 2025. A poignant exploration of the impact of mental illness on families—and the love and hope that it takes to...

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