Why don't you like Noel Kahn?" Mike's voice made Aria jump. He stood a few feet away from Aria with a carton of orange juice in his hand."He's the man." Aria groaned. "If you like him so much why don't you go out with him?

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is the quintessential dysfunctional family.

For me, writing for younger audiences and writing for adults uses two different halves of my brain.

Whatever baggage you have, use it. Conquer it. Don’t let it stop you.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the naughtiest of them all?

,the rest of the girls pretended not to notice. That's just what best friends do.

But you can't make someone be something they're not.