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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

— Jason Reynolds Misattributed

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The truths are universal: Every kid knows fear. Every kid knows family and friendship. Loss, love, laughter. Everything else is just detail.

I love these kids. I’m just here to bear witness to their lives, because I believe that it is in bearing witness that everything is made real.

People are like, "Well it's not standard English." So what? Standard English is for standard people.

It's hard to be what you can't see.

I get to whisper to them, "I love you, I see you, I know. I know you're scared, and it's OK to be scared, and if you can't be scared out there you can be scared in here. Within the pages of this book, you can be who you wholly are." And perhaps that might be empowering enough to at least add a bit of significance to their lives.

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