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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley on Craft

January 22, 2016 A. B. Westrick 4 Comments

Last week, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley won the Newbery Honor Award for her middle grade novel, The War that Saved my Life, and just this…

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Filed under: author interview, character, craft, fiction, historical, historical fiction, Jefferson's Sons, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, literature, middle-grade, process, PTSD, revision, Teen Librarian Toolbox, The War the Saved my Life, voice, writing

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