The Nonfiction Question

For the fifth question in Chasing Ray's fascinating series, What a Girl Wants, Colleen Mondor asked the panel to reflect on those subjects that "should be addressed in YA nonfiction that teen girls would want to read about and just as important — should read about." Colleen never asks easy questions, but this one proved to be tougher than the rest.

My answer, as you'll see, if you travel over to the site, relates to place and culture—to the need (in my estimation) for books that transport YA rea