{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Guest Contributor","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/guest-contributor\/","title":"Perfect Mix: Writing Middle Grade Books While Working as a Middle School Librarian","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"AlJOEWvxE6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/an-author-working-in-a-middle-school-library\/\">Perfect Mix: Writing Middle Grade Books While Working as a Middle School Librarian<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/an-author-working-in-a-middle-school-library\/embed\/#?secret=AlJOEWvxE6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Perfect Mix: Writing Middle Grade Books While Working as a Middle School Librarian&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"AlJOEWvxE6\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"If you would have told me six years ago that I would someday work in a public middle school library and love it and that I\u2019d be the author of 11 children\u2019s books, I\u2019d have said you were crazy. All right, at the time, I was the author of nine non-fiction middle grade children\u2019s books with Mitchell Lane, so that part was not so unbelievable. I have since published two other books. Actually, the books are the reason I was hired five years ago to work in the library at Bluffton-Harrison Middle School in Bluffton, Indiana. The principal at the time thought that my experience in writing children\u2019s books for Grades 4-8 would help in working in the library. Yes and no. Yes, I could tell students what it was like to write books. No, I had not read many fiction books for children at that point though I have...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Indo-pic-K-talking-BMS-6th-gr-studs-150x150.jpg"}