I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters.

He was dressed as if everything he wore had come from different stores or from a rummage sale, except that the crease in his trousers was sharp and his shoes were shined.

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.

If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.

I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up.

I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters.

The humiliation that Jane had felt turned to something else--grief perhaps, or regret. Regret that she had not known how to act with a boy, regret that she had not been wiser.