I didn't have any idea of what I was getting into by going away to college. And I was scared. I was scared of failing. I was scared of it not being for me because I was going to be one of the first people in my family to go off to college.
Every time you revisit a book, you get something else out of it.
Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.
Young people are often ignored and disregarded, but they are acute observers and learners of everything we say and do.
In young adult novels and children's books, you stay in moment. The story goes through a school year or a weekend. You never get a sense of a future self because the young person has not lived that yet.
I love how much love there is in the world of young adult and children's literature.
