"If books show us the world, teen fiction can be like a hall of fun-house mirrors, constantly reflecting back hideously distorted portrayals of what life is. There are of course exceptions, but a careless young reader-or one who seeks out
depravity-will find himself surrounded by images not of joy or beauty but of damage, brutality and losses of the most
horrendous kinds."-Meghan Cox Gurdon (Wall Street Journal, June 2011)-
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And I find it amusing (and somewhat disconcerting) that people make excuses to escape whoever they are supposed to be
spending time with so that they can check in with other people who may not even be real-life friends. I like going out
to dinner with friends and am bewildered at how many people put their phone on the table and if it vibrates they
interrupt whatever is going on to tap a few keys and return to the conversation -Dr. Larry Rosen (Huffington Post,
October 2014)
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