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Guest Post by Alexandra Duncan --- Why Create a Character Who Can’t Read or Write?

Ava, the 16-year-old protagonist of SALVAGE, has some tough times ahead --- after the spaceship she grew up on evicts her, she has to escape to earth and learn to survive on a difficult, foreign planet. And she must struggle with something else, too --- learning to read and write. In this guest post, author Alexandra Duncan discusses why she wrote about an illiterate character, delving into her time as a reading tutor in college and her own difficulties with math and science homework.

 

 

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