![]() ![]() That's the role of the bad guy in the dystopian stories, right? Given a choice, I'd rather be the storyteller who says every kid can have a chance to star. Detective, assassin, and spy, Angel 'cuts' water for the Southern Nevada Water Authority, ensuring that lush, luxurious arcology developments can bloom in the desert and that anyone who challenges her is left in the gutted-suburban dust. ![]() ![]() You don't get to exist in story you're too different.” You don't want to be part of our present dystopia that tells kids that if they just stopped being who they are they could have a story written about them, too. Into the fray steps Las Vegas water knife Angel Velasquez. Yes, all the “issue” books are great and have a place in literature, but it's a different and wildly joyous gift to find yourself on the pages of an entertainment, experiencing the thrills and chills of a world more adventurous than our own.Īnd when you see that as a writer, you quickly realize that you don't want to be the jerk who says to a young reader, “Sorry, kid. Not as issues to be addressed or as icons for social commentary, but simply as people who get to do cool things in amazing worlds. To see their identities and perspectives-their avatars-on the page. “The more I write stories for young people, and the more young readers I meet, the more I'm struck by how much kids long to see themselves in stories. ![]()
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