this is the way this conversation should have gone down. 
 "so, i want to write a kid's book about the KKK coming to town and the town's reaction to it from all different perspectives" 
 "okay, i am listening" 
 "it will be set in vermont..." 
 "wait - what?? vermont?? not in the south??" 
 "no, in vermont. the green mountain state" 
 "okay, your call. keep 'em guessing, i like it. why pick on the south all the time, sure. everyone thinks vermont is so liberal - we will show them!!" 
 "okay - and i am going to have seventeen main narrators who-" 
 "seventeen?? really?? that seems like a lot to keep track of, what age group is this for??" 
 "no, it will be fine, i am going to have photos of all the characters on the front, and each poem will be a different character's perspective, and" 
 "poem?? what poem???" 
 "oh, well, it is all in verse, so - " 
 "no. no. no. no way. no KKK poetry here, please. get out of my office, good lady."