Lisa Yee, 2024 Kerlan Award winner and author of A Copycat Conundrum (Random House Books for Young Readers), the latest entry in The Misfits series, and Maizy Chen’s Last Chance (Random House Books for Young Readers), talks about taking away some sense of the mystery, but protecting and preserving the magic.

Visit Lisa online at http://www.lisayee.com

Visit The Kerlan Collection of Children’s Literature online at https://kerlan.umn.edu

View Lisa yee’s 20204 Kerlan Award speech at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx_Jn6PSroM 

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Be well. And read on.