Mostly Book Talk
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Mostly Book Talk
Episode 6 - An interview with the author Tia Fisher about her Carnegie shortlisted book Crossing the Line.
Mostly Book Talk - Episode 6
An interview with the author Tia Fisher about her Carnegie shortlisted book Crossing the Line.
Crossing the Line by Tia Fisher
Books mentioned in the interview
The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan
Where the Heart Should Be by Sarah Crossan
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman, illustrated by Ben Cort
Tia can be found on social media at
X/Twitter: @tiafisher_
Instagram: @tia_fisher_writes
and on her website