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Briggs – Gage’s friend who lives on the West Side (called Lighthouse) the siblings stay there sometimes, too.

Dominica – Gage’s ex-girlfriend before he met Chloe.

Cody, Chloe, Nate – Gage’s friends the siblings stay at their apartment.

Sasha Skinny – Ari’s best friend who is a fifth grade safety patrol leader at Carter Middle School for the “starry gifted” goes to Eastland Elementary.

Gage Hazard – Ari’s 19 year old brother.

Arianna Hazard – Known as “Ari” in the book the main protagonist who wants to get into Carter Middle School.

Janna – One of the children’s legal guardians.

O’Neil – A social studies teacher at Ari’s school (Eastland Elementary) More information on the author is at her website.Paper Things, by Jennifer Richard Jacobson A solid choice for middle grade readers.” Other books include the bestselling Small as an Elephant about a boy abandoned in Acadia National Park, and an early-reader series Andy Shane and the Very Bossy Dolores Starbuckle. Her latest book for this age group is entitled Crashing in Love, which the School Library Journal calls “A heartwarming and remarkably poignant story of a girl navigating the sometimes painful process of growing up. In the middle grade novel Paper Things, the main character deals with parental loss and homelessness. She graduated from Lesley College and Harvard Graduate School of Education and is the author of many books for children and young adults and teachers.

Jen Jacobson lives in Maine with her husband and dog.

Jacobson will autograph several of her books which will be for sale at the event in Augusta, but there is no cost for the event itself. The public is invited to attend the discussion either in person in Augusta or through Zoom.

Interested participants may also attend via a Zoom by registering with UMA Academic Logistics at 1-80 or emailing part of the Early Childhood degree program at UMA, students in the Interventions for Families with Children course have read her award-winning book, Paper Things, as they studied different types of families and their interactions. at the University of Maine at Augusta, Katz Library, Room 14. Noted Author and Educator Jennifer Richard Jacobson Visits University of Maine at Augusta November 14.Īuthor and Educator Jennifer Richard Jacobson will discuss homelessness, research for her books, and also the writing process on Monday, Nov.