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Topic: middle school

Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle in "PEN15" (Alex Lombardi)

"PEN15": the great uncool

Melanie McFarland
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Teaching climate change to kids

Zoe Sayler - Grist
Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle (Matthew Smith - "Salon Talks")

The "PEN15" stars still feel 13, too

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle in "PEN15" (Alex Lombardi)

Back to middle school hell with "PEN15"

Erin Keane
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"Good Enough" by Jen Petro-Roy (Feiwel & Friends/Courtesy of Macmillan)

Why I write "tough" books for kids

Jen Petro-Roy
"The Devoted: A Novel" by Blair Hurley (W. W. Norton & Company/Andrea Stenson)

Yiddish Club helped me survive 8th grade

Blair Hurley
(AP/Beth J. Harpaz)

How to motivate a middle school reader

Regan McMahon - Common Sense Media
(iStockphoto/RonTech2000)

improving school performance

Christine Elgersma - Common Sense Media
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podcasts for kids

Bronwyn Harris
(KPRC 2 Houston)

Likely to become terrorist

Taylor Link
(NBCDFW)

Gay rights don't end at school

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Shutterstock)

E-cigarette boom among youth

Joanna Rothkopf
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Prachi Gupta
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-472861p1.html'>prudkov</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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