Researching Difficult Topics and Saying Yes to New Opportunities with Liza Wiemer - The Assignment

Marissa chats with Liza Wiemer about her newest YA contemporary - THE ASSIGNMENT - as well as protecting yourself emotionally while conducting a lot of difficult research; choosing to include multiple perspectives in a book (and one way to handle third person vs. first person POV); how books can inspire readers to stand up in the face of injustice; and saying "yes" when opportunities come along, because you just never know where life is going to take you.Books discussed in this episode can be...