From My Mail

This afternoon I dug into the pile of mail I have to answer from kids. Here are some lines from the batch I answered that made me smile or touched me.

Your book really inspired me to think about how having friends with different backgrounds and life situations is actually a gift. --Sofia

I would like to know if Catherine and Jason date? --Josephine

I liked Rules because it's about a boy named David who has autism like me. --Kora

Your book, Rules, ever so slowly wound its way into my soul. --Hannah

I often hear people saying things such as, ‘that’s retarded’ or ‘you’re retarded.’ I don’t think people saying this really know how much it hurts those people who have a mental disability or their family members to hear it. --Bridget

We heard you are living in Maine, and we bet it's gorgeous. --Eylaf and Morgan

A cool and exciting thing about me is that I just got an iPhone 45 for my thirteenth birthday. --Katie

Have you won any trophies like the hamster in the story? --Justin

I liked your book Touch Blue so much that I read it 39 times. --Maci

I liked that Libby played Monopoly in Touch Blue. She plays a dog every time, and so do I! --Jessica