mrs. suarezt cool and that one was hard hardest to write for me because i had to bring all of the, you know, all the threads, the narrative threads together and knit it all together at the and especially the issue of her grandfather's illness. so, you know, when i write books for kids, i'm writing the truth. i'm writing those moments that punch them in the gut and that feels hard sometimes because you're bringing two children moments that are really sad and some of them are living through moments like this. some of them are going to use this moment in your book as preparation from when for when they do have to face a moment on their own and so i don't know, unlike writing for adults, when you write for kids, you have this extra duty to them to also respect their growing up and their maturity. and you know what they have. i want to come back to when you were named the ambassador for young people's literature, when you received the medal around your neck. yes. look at this. the day that you receive

mrs. suarez plays it cool and that one was hard hardest to write for me because i had to bring all of the, you know, all the threads, the narrative threads together and knit it all together at the and especially the issue of her grandfather's illness. so, you know, when i write books for kids, i'm writing the truth. i'm writing those moments that punch them in the gut and that feels hard sometimes because you're bringing two children moments that are really sad and some of them are living through moments like this. some of them are going to use this moment in your book as preparation from when for when they do have to face a moment on their own and so i don't know, unlike writing for adults, when you write for kids, you have this extra duty to them to also respect their growing up and their maturity. and you know what they have. i want to come back to when you were named the ambassador for young people's literature, when you received the medal around your neck. yes. look at this. the day that you