Goodreads asked Kai Strand:

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

Kai Strand I really wanted to tell a story about a homeless teen. It is important to me that people, especially young people, know that there are underage homeless people. There are a million different reasons kids end up on the streets and most of them aren't nice reasons, but those kids deserve a chance to change their circumstances. That is why I wrote my Worth the Effort series. Ella's Story is about a girl who meets and falls for a homeless boy. Ayden's Story is about why he's homeless.

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