It's always gratifying to hear from a passionate reader, and as a longtime educator, I'm especially pleased and heartened when that reader is a young student who is inspired to write me and let me know that my book has helped him or her find her way.

I think it is important to know how to teach new material to help young people grow and learn.

It's always gratifying to hear from a passionate reader, and as a longtime educator, I'm especially pleased and heartened when that reader is a young student who is inspired to write me and let me know that my book has helped him or her find her way.

Don't plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.

When we read, even if the characters are tragic or sad or disturbing, these are our brothers and sisters in the human family.

It doesn't make any sense. If the SIM are policemen, secret or not, shouldn't we trust them instead of being afraid of them?

Everyone needs a strong sense of self. It is our base of operations for everything that we do in life.