I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of readers.

People in the know say The Giver was the first young adult dystopian novel.

It be better, I think, to climb out in search of something, instead of hating, what you're leaving.

I see all of them. All the colors.

He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself

I believe without a single shadow of a doubt that it is necessary for young people to learn to make choices. Learning to make right choices is the only way they will survive in an increasingly frightening world.

Making lists of reasons was sometimes a good way to figure things out.