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Road To Regionals: A S.T.E.A.M. Team Novel, Erin Distefano Jan 2019

Road To Regionals: A S.T.E.A.M. Team Novel, Erin Distefano

Children's Book Writing and Illustrating (MFA) Theses

This thesis is composed of two parts. First a full-length realistic fiction Middle Grade novel about a group of five girls who form a S.T.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) team at their school and compete in multiple tournaments. Through the story they learn not only about themselves, but about each other and help each other to succeed. The second part is a critical paper on how girls are treated in the S.T.E.A.M. world and how more S.T.E.A.M. literature (along with other things) can help to guide girls to more S.T.E.A.M. related fields later in life. It also discusses …