“She says, Don't eat the mystery meat if you value your life. Then she points to a brown wet pile on my plate and makes a face that says. bad taste.” SchoolFriendsLunchHome Of The Brave Book:Home of the Brave Source: Home of the Brave
“I look at our faces and see all the colors of the earth--- brown and pink and yellow and white and black--- and yet we all are sitting at the same desks, wanting to learn the same things.” SchoolAmericaLessons On Kindness Book:Home of the Brave Source: Home of the Brave
“The stories would lift me up, the words like a breeze beneath butterfly wings, and take me far from the pain in my belly and the tight knot of my heart I hope they will have stories at my school. If they don't know how, perhaps I can teach them. It isn't such a hard thing. All you must do is say Once there was... and let your hoping find the words.” StoriesSchoolHope Book:Home of the Brave Source: Home of the Brave
“You do not know me, but I am a juvenile delinquent. I do not trust authority figures, I probably will not graduate from high school, and statistics say my present rowdiness and vandalism will likely lead to more serious crimes. I am a dangerous fellow, and I am causing mayhem in this store. [...] There. I have now shamelessly destroyed the symmetry of this shelf, undoing hours of labor by underpaid store employees. If you could see me, you would be frightened.” IfsKnowsWould BeSchoolHoursDangerousCrimeFiguresSeriousAuthorityHigh SchoolLaborFellowsStoresDestroyedEmployeeStatisticsFrightenedGraduatesKnow MeShelvesSymmetryJuvenileUndoingMayhemDelinquentsGraduating High SchoolVandalismUnderpaidAuthority Figures Author:Katherine Applegate
