Goodreads asked Megan McCooey:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Megan McCooey My most recent...would be Crossroads: The Ella Thomas story. I guess with all of the stories on the news and on social media about bullying and what it has become today. I researched other books on the topic and there currently aren't many. Several years ago, I read Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher, and I remember feeling so moved, so heartbroken by Hannah's pain and wondered why more people weren't writing about this extremely relevant topic or even talking about it as we should be. I wanted to show teens the real consequences of their actions. How what seems silly and petty to you may change the course of your entire future and the future of everyone involved. So in this short story, when you find yourself at the Crossroads, you get to make the choice for Ella...but just remember, in real life you can never go back.

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