Lit Squad

Thousands of Japanese-Americans were held in internment camps in Arizona during World War II. MichiNishiura Weglyn was one of them — along with her family. Ken Mochizuki tells her story.

Maria Ingrande Mora is a writer and content designer who lives in Florida. She talked about how she writes about something like anxiety — which some number of her readers likely also deal with — while keeping it authentic.

The Show spoke with author Celia Pérez about her book "Tumble" and how the main character's story is someone many other children can relate to.

Over the past year, The Show has heard from authors of books for middle-grade and young adult readers dealing with issues of race, gender, disability and socioeconomic differences, among other things. It’s a series called Lit Squad — and in this episode, The Show spoke with author Mónica Mancillas.

The Show starts a new season of Lit Squad with a conversation with "The Hate U Give" author Angie Thomas about her new book that explores the world of fantasy fiction.

The idea of how to teach American history has been very much in the news over the past few years; much of the debate centers on how to talk about some of the more difficult and troubling parts of the country’s past. That idea is a big part of author Kelly McWilliams’ latest young adult novel, called "Your Plantation Prom is Not Okay."

A new group aimed at helping Native American writers is set to officially launch this weekend. The NDN Girls Book Club will feature workshops for young writers, as well as author talks.

A 9-year-old girl’s effort to translate her great-great grandmother’s stories from Lipan Apache to Spanish and the impacts of technology and climate change on that effort are among the themes of the novel "A Snake Falls to Earth."

A new children’s book by Amy Sarig King is anything but fanciful. In it, she turns the topic of book censorship to kids and how it impacts them.

Valley-based author Dusti Bowling writes for middle school readers and younger. But her series take unusual angles, focusing on characters dealing with poverty, disabilities, absent parents or parents struggling with addiction.