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There is nothing more important than writing well for the young, if literature is to have a continuance ... They will inherit the earth and nothing that we value will endure in the world unless they can be persuaded to value it too.
Jill Paton Walsh
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Jill Paton Walsh
Age: 83 †
Born: 1937
Born: April 29
Died: 2020
Died: October 18
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London
England
Gillian Bliss
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The protagonist of folktale is always, and intensely, a young person moving through ordeals into adult life. . . . and this is why there are no wicked stepchildren in the tales.
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