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Stepping Forward with Gene Luen Yang
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We were so fortunate to have the one and only Gene Luen Yang with us to discuss his new graphic novel, Dragon Hoops. He was joined by Bryan Ripley Crandall, Director of CWP-Fairfield; Mark Crandall, Founder of Hoops4Hope; and teachers Abu Bility and William King.
Kids are home. Teachers are home. Parents are home. We thought it would be a perfect opportunity to #StepForward with an incredible new young adult novel.
This post is part of the The Write Time collection.
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