“I read because one life isn’t enough, and in the page of a book I can be anybody;
I read because the words that build the story become mine, to build my life;
I read not for happy endings but for new beginnings; I’m just beginning myself, and I wouldn’t mind a map;
I read because I have friends who don’t, and young though they are, they’re beginning to run out of material;
I read because every journey begins at the library, and it’s time for me to start packing;
I read because one of these days I’m going to get out of this town, and I’m going to go everywhere and meet everybody, and I want to be ready.”
– Richard Peck
Richard Peck is a Newbery Award-winning author who has written many books for young adults including: A Long Way From Chicago, On the Wings of Heros, A Year Down Yonder, and the Blossom Culp Series.
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