Ann
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Meg Medina:
I loved seeing Merci's growth and the development of the other characters in Merci Suárez Can't Dance. Did you always intend on writing a second book? And I was happy to see the inclusion of physical disability. Thanks!
Meg Medina
Ann! Nice to hear from you on this holiday Monday! I had no notion that Merci Suárez was going to be anything but a short story at first. Then, after the first novel, I thought I would surely be done. But no. I ultimately decided to write her entire middle school transformation, one book for each grade. In it, I grow her emotionally. As for the physical disability, thank you. I love Wilson as a character, especially with that awkward romantic potential. We have preciously few main characters in kid lit who have disabilities.
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Jenn
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Meg Medina:
When you write books like the MERCI series , do you think back to what you read when you were that age? (I can vividly recall the books I read over & over...) What books had a big impact on you at that age? What do you hear from readers who are enjoying your books now? With the world of social media so prevalent in young people's lives today, are they still connecting with characters in the same way?
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