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Danielle Chiotti @daniellechiotti
Our #AskUpstart session is coming 8/7, I've got a few #MSWL notes. Will be tweeting these throughout the week. First up: I love a good, voicey flawed protagonist. Think Cassel in White Cat by Holly Black.Building on the White Cat #MSWL. Not only does the story have a fast pace, but Cassel is also a deeply rooted emotional character. I always fall hard for emotionally layered characters. #askUpstart

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My kids are Chinese American. My son, in particular, doesn’t often see himself reflected in the books he reads. I’d love to see more #ownvoices MG books featuring male Asian American characters. #MSWL #askUpstart

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More #MSWL notes in advance of #AskUpstart on Tue! Spooky, lyrical YA (think CHIME by Franny Billingsley).

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"Commercial/upmarket fiction that handles family secrets/reconciliation w/tenderness like TELL THE WOLVES I'M HOME" @kurestinarmada #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

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Sara Kenigsberg @skenigsberg
ok this is my new fav letter to the editor pic.twitter.com/KGfX8BgZlHA middle grade novel starring a girl like this would be amazing. Something along the lines of Frankie Landau-Banks for the mg set. #MSWL

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Currently reading a submission that made me think of the quote below. Gorgeous. It's got this in spades. Wouldn't mind another perhaps somehow centered in genre fiction. #MSWL #amreading

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Susan Hawk @susanhawk
I'm looking for fiction for kids and teens that relates to issues happening in our world right now: the refugee crisis, the opioid epidemic, the Flint, MI water crisis. #MSWLI love, love, love historical fiction. It has to be gripping and immersive. I'd love something about the post-WII period, esp if set Berlin. #MSWL

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Susan Hawk @susanhawk
It's also time for more #MSWL! Generally, I rep all categories of children's and YA books, both fiction and nonfiction. At the moment I'm most hungry for MG and YA fiction.I'm looking for fiction for kids and teens that relates to issues happening in our world right now: the refugee crisis, the opioid epidemic, the Flint, MI water crisis. #MSWL

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Mysteries like *this* #mswl theguardian.com/world/2018/aug…

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steph @eaumohtz
celebrating Asia 🎆 pic.twitter.com/4j1MVRTYXsSomeone please write me an epic, thorny, political science fiction or fantasy novel with these protagonists, thanks. #MSWL forever!

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"History, Business, Politics, Current Affairs, Memoir" @CurtisPSLA #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

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I'll let the agents @bookendslit pipe in, but for me, I want to see transgender & nonbinary protagonists & characters in adult fiction who are just people, living their normal lives & that it's not about being LGBTQ or other because they are just being. #MSWL

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I think it's fair to say that this is a mission for everyone at @bookendslit -- to acquire more LGBTQ authors and books in both fiction and nonfiction, for kids and adults #MSWL #diversebooks

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. @AgentJessicaA & I are starting the morning with a discussion on teaching children more about the LGBTQ community & so of course, I'm inspired for another #MSWL

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