Inventing the Perfect Crush: Arguing for Middle-Grade Narratives with Aromantic Leads
In this article, I set out some of the concerns and issues I faced while planning and writing a middle-grade novel. The novel, Ash's Infallible Guide for the Perfect Crush, set in an Indian middle school, stars an aromantic protagonist. I argue that, while Young Adult (YA) fiction is seeing an...
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| Main Author: | Varsha Varghese |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elen Caldecott & Lucy Cuthew
2025-07-01
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| Series: | Leaf Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.library.lancs.ac.uk/lj/article/view/121 |
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