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Blog Tour: Storm Horse by Jane Elson

Blog Tour: Storm Horse by Jane Elson

Happy Wednesday, Book Dragons! This week is Dyslexia Awareness Week, I’m really excited to be a part of the blog tour for Storm Horse by Jane Elson! I love the sound of this one and will definitely be reading it asap. I have a guest post written by Jane to share with you today, I hope you enjoy it! Happy reading! (more…)

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YA SHOT REVIEW - How To Fly With Broken Wings - Jane Elson

YA SHOT REVIEW – How To Fly With Broken Wings – Jane Elson

What’s it all about?:

‘If Finn Maison shouts jump you jump or you are dead.’

Twelve-year-old Willem has Aspergers Syndrome and two main aims in life: to fly and to make at least two friends of his own age. But all the other boys from the Beckham Estate do is make him jump off things. First his desk – and now the wall. As his toes teeter on the edge, Sasha Barton gives him a tiny little wink.…

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Author Interview - Jane Elson on her second novel, How To Fly With Broken Wings for YA Shot

Author Interview – Jane Elson on her second novel, How To Fly With Broken Wings for YA Shot

Jane Elson with staffie Shireen from The Dogs Trust at Harefield – photo provided by author

JANE ELSON – A BIOGRAPHY

After performing as an actress and comedy improviser for many years, Jane fell into writing stories and plays. A Room Full of Chocolate was her first book for children and won Peters’ Book of the Year and the Leeds Book Award as well as being longlisted for the Branford Boase and…

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Kylie Boazman reviews the portrayal of autism in How to Fly with Broken Wings by Jane Elson at Disability in Kidlit:

Anyone buying the book will note that the publisher’s description and all of the reviews mention that Willem has Asperger’s, so it’s clear to readers that his standardized traits are meant to represent autism. Willem stims, dumps facts on people at random, counts obsessively, interprets words literally, doesn’t want his food to touch, and reduces facial expressions to “happy face” and “sad face.” Although I always appreciate seeing young characters with anxiety, it’s hard to see Willem as a positive representation of autism for other kids when the author won’t identify him as such.

As in many literary depictions of autism, Willem seems to check off all of the diagnostic boxes without having much of a personality beyond this. Willem isn’t always treated with respect or dignity, particularly when he’s reduced to facts about airplanes and telling people that he can fly. There are also moments that Elson’s writing verges on tropes: in the middle of the book Willem suddenly becomes a magical autistic detective, the likes of which are too often seen in books or on television. He pulls out several pieces of physical evidence and lines of argument to prove that one person wasn’t involved in gang riots, although these abilities are never previously mentioned.

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Book of the Month #23

Book of the Month is A Room Full of Chocolate by Jane Elson - of course!!! @JJELSON35 #amreading #ukya

A Room Full of Chocolate by Jane Elson

My review  HERE

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A Room Full of Chocolate by Jane Elson

A Room Full of Chocolate by Jane Elson "I understand why so many people loved this, it's wonderful" @hodderchildrens

How did I get the book?  I bought it.

Genre: Contemporary

Synopsis: Grace’s fun loving Mum has found a lump. Her north London world of sleepovers, tap dancing and playing the clarinet fall apart when she is sent to live with her grumpy old granddad on his farm in Yorkshire while her mother goes into hospital to get better.

Grace misses her mother so much it hurts, and doesn’t quite understand…

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