“Here was what I wanted to happen when I walked through the door after my first real date and my first ever kiss. I wanted my mom to say, “Dear God, Meg, you’re glowing. Sit and tell me about this boy. He let you borrow his jacket? That’s so adorable.” Instead, I came off the high of that day by writing a letter to my dead brother and doing yoga between my twin beds, trying to forget my absent mother.” LoveFamilySeparationYoung Adult FictionTeen FictionYa FictionGlass GirlLaura Anderson KurkMother Daughter RelationshipMeg Kavanagh Book:Glass Girl Source: Glass Girl
“It was about how men walk into a forest afraid because they know all the things that can happen. They might wake the noisy birds and cause chaos. But kids come into the trees and see the magic. They climb them and see stars that the men were too afraid to see.” LoveGovernmentRomancePoetryCollegeHigh SchoolChaosLong Distance RelationshipOrphanageWyomingNicaraguaGlass GirlLaura Anderson KurkMeg KavanaghHenry WhitmirePerfect GlassDylan ThomasBeing But Men Author:Laura Anderson Kurk
“I’d known cruelty in a school—cruelty that would keep these amateurs up all night. But this kind of scene—crowds batting around a person because they thought he was weak—happened to be my personal trigger.” High SchoolCrueltyBullyingGlass GirlMeg Kavanagh Book:Glass Girl Source: Glass Girl
“Grayson noticed me next to the lockers. He pointed at me then held his arms out magnanimously. “You’re welcome, new girl,” he said. “I just saved you from having to find a nice way to say no to the leg dragger.” High SchoolCrueltyBullyingSpecial NeedsGlass GirlMeg KavanaghThanet Book:Glass Girl Source: Glass Girl
“Meg,” he whispered. “It wouldn’t be real love if there weren’t the possibility for another response to him. If we couldn’t choose not to love him, then our love would be empty. That’s why there’s evil in this world, because there’s free choice in this world. He allows the one to prove the other.” GodChristianFaithEvilChoiceFree WillYoung Adult FictionTeen FictionYa FictionGlass GirlLaura Anderson KurkMeg KavanaghHenry Whitmire Book:Glass Girl Source: Glass Girl
“You look incredible, Kavanagh,” Quinn whispered close to my ear. “Are you trying to kill me?” “Ssshhh,” I hissed. “They’re going to hear you.” “I can’t tell my date she’s beautiful?” I turned my head. “No. No, you can’t.” LoveRomanceCollegeHigh SchoolDatingDanceYaKissYoung Adult FictionTeen FictionPromDressWyomingGlass GirlLaura Anderson KurkMeg KavanaghHenry WhitmirePerfect GlassQuinn O NeillTeen BooksHigh School Dance Book:Perfect Glass Source: Perfect Glass