From My Mail

Schools in the south finish up their year in May, so I've been trying to catch up with my mail. Here are some lines from the children's letters that I answered yesteday that touched me or made me smile.



I learned from Rules that when things start to go haywire, you need to stop, think, and fix it. --Madalyn

Is the friendship that Catherine wants with Kristi something you wanted as a child?  --Amber

I was really upset because I was sick when you came to my school an I didn't get to meet you. --Sarah

I feel like I have known your characters all my life.  --Lizzie

Salutations! I don't know if you enjoyed your visit to our school or if you'd like to put it as far out of your mind as possible, but I'd like to thank you for coming! You see, I want to be a writer, too. --Emma

I have a brother with Aspergers and I can really connect to how Catherine feels sometimes and how David reacts and how difficult it can be to live with someone who has autism.  --Asia



Though Rules was not my usual cup of tea, I found it to be beautifully and sensibly written. Also I had not heard of a book akin to it before. --Jack

When we read Touch Blue, I kept thinking, "How does she know all these facts?" --Brianna

Thanks for coming to my school and inspiring not only me, but about 300 other kids, too. --Gavin

Did you like how the book came out? --Tyler

I liked how this book was about autism but it was happy, not sad. My cousin has autism, and I like happy books about it. --Caitlin

I loved that when my teacher read Hot Rod Hamster, she made funny noises. --Alexandria

I wished we could have read Touch Blue, but we didn't. But I will try to pick this book up because it is downstairs in our school library. --Taylor



It really surprises me that an award-winning author can be so normal and from a small place like Maine. --Nathaniel (also from Maine)

Hopefully you can come back to our school someday for the younger generations. --Lucas

My favorite part was when Libby yelled Aaron's mom's name and everyone freaked out! It gave it a lot of conflict. --Declan

One thing I learned was friends are friends. True friends don't care what your siblings are like. True friends think of them as family. --Kerrie

I have a few questions for you. Well, the first is how do you wake up at 3:30 in the morning??????? I think I would pass out! --Brooks

I liked how Catherine made new friends, but lost one, too. --Mackenzie

I've always wanted to be a somebody and your book shows me that everyone's a someone. --Courtney