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		<title>Am I My Brother&#8217;s Keeper?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word, “bro” suggests a loving family bond. Often jealousy and rivalry is polluting the blood line. How dangerous is sibling rivalry? Nature provides some dramatic examples of sibling rivalry. In the shark world within the mother shark’s womb during &#8230; <a href="http://www.patgsassone.com/am-i-my-brothers-keeper/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Domestic &amp; National Violence: Does it all boil down to the need to control another?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Hanging in the Stars, after Andrew and Maya&#8217;s first romantic encounter in the park, Andrew watches Maya get into her brother’s cherry red mustang. Suddenly, her drug dealing brother turns around and slaps Maya across the face. Andrew can’t &#8230; <a href="http://www.patgsassone.com/domestic-national-violence-does-it-all-boil-down-to-the-need-to-control-another/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Phobic Writer Begins Using Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally finished my first novel, Hanging in the Stars, and took the courageous, costly steps to self-publish. So, I should have been able to kick back and enjoy, right? Wrong! Marketing my book through social media was the next &#8230; <a href="http://www.patgsassone.com/tech-phobic-writer-starts-in-social-media/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fight to Survive or Fun to Fight?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Teen Aggression]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Hanging in the Stars, Andrew and Maya are reading Romeo and Juliet in English class. The play starts out with a fight between the Montagues and the Capulets that spreads, involving everyone in the town.  After reading this Maya &#8230; <a href="http://www.patgsassone.com/fight-to-survive-or-fun-to-fight/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>BFFs: Forever Could Really Mean Awhile</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Friendship]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[losing a best friend]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Best Friends Forever, or &#8220;BFF,&#8221; is most passionately believed by childhood friends. You and that special friend usually share the same neighborhood, teachers, and even each other&#8217;s family life. Friends are your whole world when you are young; best childhood &#8230; <a href="http://www.patgsassone.com/bffs-forever-could-really-mean-awhile/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Writing My Novel: An Important First Step</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just self-published Hanging in the Stars, my first novel. This is a dream come true. Since sixth grade I secretly wanted to be a writer. Raising two sons and teaching high school English came between my dream and the &#8230; <a href="http://www.patgsassone.com/writing-my-first-novel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I Don&#8217;t See It Your Way&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the opening scene of Hanging in the Stars during dinner, Andrew’s mother suggests that her son join track or drama club now that he is in ninth grade. He sits silently at the dinner table thinking the last thing &#8230; <a href="http://www.patgsassone.com/i-dont-see-it-your-way/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wherefore Art Thou Love?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my brand new, savvy love story, Hanging in the Stars, fourteen year old Andrew agrees to tutor Maya, the sister of a local drug dealer. Working together on William Shakespeare&#8217;s Romeo and Juliet assignments deepens their cross-cultural romance.  Shakespeare’s &#8230; <a href="http://www.patgsassone.com/wherefore-art-thou-love/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Introduction to Hanging in the Stars: Teen Struggles with Body Image</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my brand new YA novel, Hanging in the Stars, Andrew, a skinny, self conscious 9th grader is determined to kick his own butt into shape.  During a workout at the gym, a local drug dealer approaches Andrew and offers &#8230; <a href="http://www.patgsassone.com/introduction-to-hanging-in-the-stars/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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