I keep thinking that if I could just unzip my skin, step out of this body, then I would see who I really am.โ She nods her head slowly. โWhat do you think youโd look like?โ โSmaller, for a start.
Laurie Halse AndersonOppressive bastards, think they own the place. I told them that karma's going to kick their asses.
Laurie Halse AndersonEmma is a mattress who got thrown off the truck when her parents split up. It's not like you can blame a mattress when people don't tie it down tight enough.
Laurie Halse AndersonCensoring books that deal with difficult, adolescent issues does not protect anybody. Quite the opposite. It leaves kids in the darkness and makes them vulnerable. Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. Our children cannot afford to have the truth of the world withheld from them
Laurie Halse Anderson