How youth input shaped Katherine Lawrence's new book Stay

There may be one fewer puppy book in the world but in its place is Stay, a realistic story of an 11-year-old girl who wants a dog while her parents are splitting up. 
Kids actually helped decide which way the book would go, says author Katherine Lawrence.
“First, I wanted to write a children’s book that was about a dog and how that dog was named because that is one of my family’s favourite stories.
“I wrote that story and then I decided I needed some feedback from ki