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A Novel Mind: A Guide to Children's Books

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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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Teri Hudson: ADHD Resources, From My Family to Yours

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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Lynn Plourde: The Bionic Boy (limb difference, mental health)

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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