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Elana K. Arnold

Long Beach
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National Book Award finalist & Printz Honor winner. @HamlineMFAC. Humanistic Jew. Autistic. Lover of animals, humans most of all. Not here.
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The Question of Miracles Book Review

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By Elana K. Arnold, Darienne Stewart
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age 9+ Heartfelt, hopeful meditation on grief and life. Parents need to know that The Question of Miracles centers on an 11-year-old girl's grief following the sudden death of her best friend, but it's neither mopey nor maudlin. Protagonist Iris is warm and smart, the kind of kid anyone would want as a best friend, but she's uncertain of her footing without Sarah's reassuring presence. She deliberately keeps the world at bay, unready to risk letting anything new into her heart.
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Bat and the Waiting Game Book Review

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By Elana K. Arnold, Joly Herman Verified
| Common Sense Media Verified
age 7+ Story of boy on the spectrum explores feelings, challenges. Parents need to know that Bat and the Waiting Game is the second installment in Elana K. Arnold's Bat series, and it looks a little more intently into the life and times of a boy on the autism spectrum. When Bat gets triggered by things he cannot control, he reacts physically by flapping his arms, standing on the balls of his feet, sometimes shaking his head back and forth.
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Damsel Book Review

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By Elana K. Arnold, Mary Eisenhart
| Common Sense Media Verified
age 16+ Dark, twisty dragon quest tale has sex, gore, brutality. Parents need to know that Elana K. Arnold's Damsel was named a 2019 Printz Honor Book. It's is an imaginative but sexually oppressive and often brutal spin on the classic tale of the hero who rescues a girl from a dragon before they live happily ever after.
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