“September 11 We thought we'd outdistanced history Told our children it was nowhere near; Even when history struck Columbine, It didn't happen here. We took down the maps in the classroom, And when they were safely furled, We told the young what they wanted to hear, That they were immune from a menacing world. But history isn't a folded-up map, Or an unread textbook tome; Now we know history's a fireman's child Waiting at home alone.” KnowsWorldChildrenHomeHappensWantedYoungWaitingOur ChildrenMapsClassroomSeptemberImmuneSeptember 11TextbooksFiremanColumbine Author:Richard Peck
“[A young adult novel] ends not with happily ever after, but at a new beginning, with the sense of a lot of life yet to be lived.” EndsYoungNovelAdultsYoung AdultNew BeginningsHappily Ever AfterEver After Author:Richard Peck
“Martin Wilson's What They Always Tell Us hears the voices of the young as they struggle toward adulthood.” YoungVoiceStruggleAdulthoodWilson Author:Richard Peck
