Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address the fear and deny the power.

I never thought I could write this much and now that it's coming to an end, I feel sad that I have to stop, sort of the way you feel at the end of a really good book and you know you're going to miss the main character. But in this case, the main character is me! Myself. Joe (formerly JoDan) Bunch. —Joe Bunch

Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address the fear and deny the power.

When you're living through it, though, especially when you are twelve and you think the whole world is changing until you realize it isn't the world, it's you, no piece seems little. It's all so big you think it can kill you. But it doesn't. Which is why the story goes on.

A day can start out ordinary and end up being in the top ten. —Joe Bunch

I am about to stop being a get-along kind of guy and turn into somebody who makes a difference.

Another thing I think about names is that they DO hurt. They hurt because we believe them. We think they are telling us something true about ourselves, something other people can see even if we don't. —Bobby Goodspeed