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“They feel like evil beetles eating you from the inside, but really they’re no more dangerous than a bit of extra sticky toffee. They trick you into believing they’re something much scarier. Unlike monsters or small spaces, the only way to defeat a worry is by not worrying about it—but just try and tell that to a fretter.”

Anxiety in Middle Grade

“Magda Wartlebug had wanted to be a teacher from the age of four, when she would capture the prettiest ladybugs, stick her prettiest hatpins into them, and then fasten them to the ground so that they had to listen to her lessons about the importance of kindness.”

A tiny Umbridge I see