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Podcast: The Children's Book Podcast
Episode: Nic Stone
Description: Nic Stone (@getnicced) shares ODD ONE OUT, a young adult novel whose story centers on the dynamic between three friends: Courtney "Coop" Cooper, Jupiter "Jupe" Charity Sanchez, and Rae Chin. Their friendships to one another are complex, at times fragile, at times exciting, and always growing and expanding outward. ODD ONE OUT breaks the love triangle archetype to offer something more real, more vulnerable. And I latched so closely onto one of the character's experiences in the story that I ended up learning a bit about myself as well. And aren't those the best kinds of reading experiences? You can...