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Joan Aiken: Wolves and Alternate Worlds WebsiteJoan Aiken: Wolves and Alternate Worlds Website
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6th - 8th
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Joan Aiken: Wolves and Alternate Worlds

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This is short biography & an excerpt of an interview with children's author Joan Aiken. She speaks about her influences, ideas, and future writings.

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Concepts

fantasy, index, science fiction

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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