What if you could live forever? Would there be any problems with that? In this episode Stacy discusses themes from her middle grade series, The Evers: Forever Twelve and Never Thirteen. Find more great author interviews https://youtu.be/4O1-rLzWXRo?si=2o6PwgZII7hWLHJC

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The Evers: Forever Twelve by Stacy McAnulty https://www.amazon.com/Forever-Twelve-Evers-Stacy-McAnulty/dp/0593429621/
The Evers: Forever Thirteen by Stacy McAnulty https://www.amazon.com/Never-Thirteen-Evers-Stacy-McAnulty/dp/0593429664/
Are We There Yet? by Stacy McAnulty (Author), Elizabeth Baddeley (Illustrator) https://www.amazon.com/Are-We-There-Yet-Across/dp/1665937475/
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead https://www.amazon.com/When-You-Reach-Yearling-Newbery/dp/0375850864/

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Chapters 
00:00 Meet author Stacy McAnulty and her books The Evers
02:52 The Problem with Forever
05:04 Advice for kids who wish they were a little older
06:25 Advice from the characters from The Evers
11:30 Researching stem themes for The Evers
15:21 What is bravery? What does it mean to be brave?
18:05 Once a child is entertained by a book you can go anywhere with a conversation
21:26 What is next for Stacy?
26:20 Stacy's children's book recommendation