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Film, Video 2022 National Book Festival: Tough with a Gooey Center: Kids Who Learn to Be Themselves with David Bowles and Jennifer Ziegler

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Title

  • 2022 National Book Festival: Tough with a Gooey Center: Kids Who Learn to Be Themselves with David Bowles and Jennifer Ziegler

Summary

  • Entering middle school often means putting on a mask and powering through the rough years. David Bowles' "They Call Her Fregona" continues the story in "They Call Me Güero," capturing a bittersweet romance as Güero finds the softness behind Fregona's tough exterior. Jennifer Ziegler's "Worser" follows William, an awkward middle schooler adapting to a new life after his mom's stroke. Moderated by Dani Thurber.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • National Book Festival (U.S.), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2022-09-03.

Notes

  • -  Group name: 2022 National Book Festival: KidLit. 9
  • -  Jennifer Ziegler, Dani Thurber, David Bowles.
  • -  Recorded on 2022-09-03.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024698264

Online Format

  • video
  • online text
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. National Book Festival: Tough with a Gooey Center: Kids Who Learn to Be Themselves with David Bowles and Jennifer Ziegler. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-03, 2022. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024698264/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & National Book Festival, U. S. (2022) National Book Festival: Tough with a Gooey Center: Kids Who Learn to Be Themselves with David Bowles and Jennifer Ziegler. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-03. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024698264/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. National Book Festival: Tough with a Gooey Center: Kids Who Learn to Be Themselves with David Bowles and Jennifer Ziegler. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-03, 2022. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024698264/>.