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queenaliceofspadesTeenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads.
And there are millions of teens who read because they are sad and lonely and enraged. They read because they live in an often-terrible world. They read because they believe, despite the callow protestations of certain adults, that books-especially the dark and dangerous ones-will save them.
Why the Best Kids Books Are Written in Blood
By Sherman Alexie
I loved, loved, loved “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian". It was a truly beautiful story, and masterfully written. It ripped my heart out and ate it in front of me. Similarly, "Speak", "Wintergirls", and "Twisted" by Laurie Halse Anderson each in turn blew me apart and forced me to put all the pieces back in weird, new ways.
These books are necessary. They are amazing and heartbreaking and fucking perfect. And wow did this article make me cryyyy.
And there are millions of teens who read because they are sad and lonely and enraged. They read because they live in an often-terrible world. They read because they believe, despite the callow protestations of certain adults, that books-especially the dark and dangerous ones-will save them.
Why the Best Kids Books Are Written in Blood
By Sherman Alexie
I loved, loved, loved “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian". It was a truly beautiful story, and masterfully written. It ripped my heart out and ate it in front of me. Similarly, "Speak", "Wintergirls", and "Twisted" by Laurie Halse Anderson each in turn blew me apart and forced me to put all the pieces back in weird, new ways.
These books are necessary. They are amazing and heartbreaking and fucking perfect. And wow did this article make me cryyyy.
