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Kiran Millwood Hargrave in conversation with Roopa Farooki

Kiran Millwood Hargrave on how friendships fuel magical middle grade fiction for every kind of child.
22nd March, 2020
'I found enormous friendships within books, and seeing my favourite characters go through these enormous trials and tribulations and the worst of the world, but emerging the other side, stronger, and better people, and kinder people.'
Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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