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This is what I’d like to pass along to young readers: No one is perfect. Every one of us has our flaws, but we can grow and change, make a difference and achieve great things.
Benthic burrows, rabbit holes, whatever you call them: they are detours well worth the extra mileage. And mostly—they’re not even detours. They’re part of the journey.
While depression can be debilitating - I definitely don’t want to minimize its seriousness - it’s important for readers to meet role models who successfully manage their mental health and manage to achieve their familial and career ambitions.
I’ve been thinking for a while about the question of how stories relate to truth.
And as an author, I’ve had the privilege of seeing the effect teachers and librarians have every time I visit a school.
Science makes you think, but like art or literature, it can also make you laugh, dream, see and appreciate the world, or even just your own brain, in new, exciting ways.
If there’s one takeaway I’d like all readers to get, it’s that they matter, just as they are, and they deserve to follow their dreams.
Writing for Queer Teens of Colors as a Black Lesbian, a guest post by Shelly Page
| new books, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Literature
Author Shelly Page shares her thoughts about representation and her newest release, BREWED WITH LOVE
Author Karen Valby discusses her book, THE SWANS OF HARLEM
Being a late bloomer is not a sign of failure, but a testament to the unique growth that is allowed when we give ourselves the grace to bloom in our own time.
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