The magic girl licked the wet off her arms and looked over to me as if to say, See? You don't have to behave like them, you don't have to behave like anyone.

When I was a child I used to read books by Gerald Durrell, who founded Jersey Zoo. He had a job collecting animals for zoos and for a long time that is what I wanted to do. Later when I was a teenager I had a fantastic English teacher called Mrs. Stafford. Her enthusiasm made me decide to be a writer.

It wasn't a love story." -Tar's dad It was a love story. Me, Gemma, and junk." -Tar

Love is a secret society, a community for two.

Try it. You don't have to do it ever again if you don't want to. But try it once. Try everything once.

She wrote, 'Dandelion, I love you.' And I thought that was magic. It's not in you, it's between you. It's bigger and stronger than you are

That's her secret, I suppose. Everything that happens to her she's proud of. She makes it special by it happening to her.