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Written by Joshua Van Laningham

Mean Girl Traits in Kitlit

I have a soft spot for Mean Girls. Not just the 2004 Lindsay Lohan flick, the character archetype. There’s just something about characters who have a grudge against everything, or at least the main character, that fascinates me. Who hurt them? How did they become this kind of person? Why doesn’t every book I read […]

Written by Joshua Van Laningham

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My name is Joshua Van Laningham. In May 2022 I purchased a 10-book set of The Adventures of Sophie Mouse at a garage sale for $10. I was immediately taken by Jennifer A Bell’s art and Poppy Green’s characters. Was kidlit always this good? What happened since I read Redwall in middle school? I gotta […]