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  • Monique Polak on Helping Kids Find Themselves While Exploring Parental Alienation in Her New Middle Grade Book
    Monique Polak on Helping Kids Find Themselves While Exploring Parental Alienation in Her New Middle Grade Book
    February 22, 2022

    Monique Polak on Helping Kids Find Themselves While Exploring Parental Alienation in Her New Middle Grade Book

    Everything in Justine's world has changed since her parents got divorced. She and her little sister Bea travel across Montreal from one house to the other, living two lives. But when Justine's mother ...

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