Brooks Benjamin is the author of the middle-grade novel My Seventh-Grade Life In Tights which was named an editors' pick for best children books of 2016 by Amazon. In this episode Brooks shares the book he first read in 5th grade that has helped shape him into the writer and educator he is today.

Episode Mentions

* Bridge to Terabithia

* Agatha Christie

* Michael Crichton

* Charles Dickens

* Heidi

* MTSU

* Golden Axe II

* Pulp Fiction

* My Seventh-Grade Life In Tights

* New Kids on the Block

* The Neverending Story

* Scarlet Letter

* The Witch at Blackbird Pond

* The Wolf Road

host: Brock Shelley