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Amelia Tait on addressing conformity in her time-travelling YA debut

“It’s not a straightforward narrative of who’s mean and who’s not mean. It’s much messier than that.”
Amelia Tate © Joakim Blockstrom
Amelia Tate © Joakim Blockstrom
Debut novelist Amelia Tait on creating an allegory for the teenage experience through the adventures of her time-travelling heroine, and creating characters who cannot be reduced to simply good or bad.

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