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Home > 4/25/07

Leaving Home as a Rite of Passage
Leaving Home as a Rite of Passage

April 25, 2007 | Small Press Center | New York City

With Neil Gaiman, Isabel Hoving, Janne Teller, Markus Zusak; moderated by Robert Lipsyte

Co-sponsored by the PEN Children’s/Young Adult Book Authors Committee

Discussed: the ideologylessness of children; refusing to be at home; leaving the home and leaving the graveyard; grown-ups who are afraid of children's literature; the safety in stories.

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