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“The type of stories I write are about young people grappling with the biggest problems in their lives, often problems that are bigger than they're actually capable of solving.” quote by Morris Gleitzman — Download Open image

“The type of stories I write are about young people grappling with the biggest problems in their lives, often problems that are bigger than they're actually capable of solving.”

Morris Gleitzman

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I think the best writers use the language they use every day when they talk to friends. When we talk to each other, we…

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Stories can bring alive the moral universe in a very vivid, useful, engaging way.

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