A lot of authors see their book being banned or challenged as a badge of honor. But for me, it's nothing but frustrating and upsetting. I hear from readers that my work encouraged them to ask for help or reach out to someone about the situation they're in. When you hear stories like that on a daily basis and then hear adults call for your work to be banned, it's proof of why the stigma around these issues is so dangerous.

It's up to the reader to decipher the code, or the words, based on everything they know about life and emotions.

A lot of you cared, just not enough.

I’m going to be mentally ill in fifteen years, and that’s why my husband doesn’t want to be around me.

Why does it say she has three hundred and twenty friends?" Josh asks. "Who has that many friends?

You can't stop the future You can't rewind the past The only way to learn the secret ...is to press play.

I left. When I should have stayed.