Write what you know, the old adage goes. But what about writing what you don’t know? How can writers expand their knowledge? The basics Who: Ami Polonsky and Crystal Chan What: Writing the “Tween-age Other” When: Tuesday, November 11, 6 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Where: Bookends & Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, 60201 RSVP: Email Crystal (chancm16@gmail.com). Event details Grayson Sender, the protagonist of Ami Polonsky’s middle-grade novel Gracefully Grayson, has been holding onto a secret for what seems like forever: “he” is a girl on the inside, stuck in the wrong gender’s body. In Crystal Chan’s novel Bird, 12-year-old Jewel comes from the only mixed-race family… Read Article →