God, I Am Freaking Out. Maybe He

The Young Adult Literature Is Relatively New - It Just Kind Of Exploded In The 2000s. When I Grew Up, There Weren't Bookstores With Sections Dedicated To Teen Lit, Nor Was My Generation Raised Reading Books Written Specifically For Us. Because Of That, Today We Still Think Of Books For Teens As Children's Books And So When You Write A Book That Includes Sensitive Topics, It Just Seems Even More Controversial. What's Troubling To Me About That Is These Are Issues Adults Know That Teens Deal With. Not Writing About Them Makes Them Something We Don't, Or Can't Talk About.

But I Do Know Which Is The Least Popular. The Truth.

It's Hard To Be Disappointed When What You Expected Turns Out To Be True.

You Can Hear Rumors. But You Can't Know Them.

You Need To Figure Out What You Want, Josh. If That Means You Need To Swim Against The Tide To Get It, At Least Youre Aiming For Something That Could Make You Very Happy.