and i don't just mean that they change you. a lot of people can change you - the first kid who called you a name, the first teacher who said you were smart, the first person who crowned you best friend. it's the change you remember, the firsts and what they meant, not really the people......i'm talking about the ones who, for whatever reason, are as much a part of you has your own soul. their place in your heart is tender; a bruise of longing, a pulse of unfinished business.
Sara ZarrI looked at my hand resting on the shelf of the prop cabinet, thinking of the scars that were there whether anyone could see them or not.
Sara ZarrHe felt it too, the air between us, the invisible lines that something or someone had drawn to connect us. That's the way I remember it.
Sara ZarrI didn't 'decide' to write YA, per se. But every time I thought of a story, it featured characters 15, 16, 17.
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