Diverse Books Opinion
Lost your democracy? How long does it take to get it back?
For the people of Portugal, that number was 48 years.
Before I was a Deaf, queer, and Disabled author, I was a Deaf, queer, and Disabled reader.
I did not know then that there was more dividing my parents and I than language; we literally had different worldviews and value systems.
Everyone, including teens and tweens, should get to enjoy these fluffy books without judging themselves or feeling that these books somehow have less value than Crime and Punishment.
Life takes its own twists and turns, whatever the magic of the library intends. But the love of fantasy and writing and books ran deep, deep, deep. The power of the library would not be denied in the end.
I wanted to show that we can still be happy and chronically ill. We contain multitudes. I wanted to show that there’s balance.
Choosing to end a series is choosing to give your characters to your audience.
Science has shown that stories are engines for empathy. My hope is that with non-fiction, novels and picture books, we remind ourselves that stories are our best antidote to the spread of misinformation and disinformation.
My hope is that the book might help both protagonists and antagonists in the world give each other the time and patience to jump some horizons. My second, smaller hope is that it might soothe the aches and pains that come with the hard landings that sometimes follow those jumps.
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