Jasmine Warga "There’s a famous quote from Katherine Patterson where she says when you write for young people you are duty bound to write with hope. And I think that’s so true. You can write about really tough things–you can be honest with kids, and they deserve that honesty–but you also have to leave them with a sense of possibility that they can help change and make the world better than it is. It’s so important to me to make sure kids know their power–that they feel like their voice and actions can make a difference."
