The Catcher in the Rye, a book about a teenager who was in real distress writing in his own voice, became a kind of starting point for a new genre in books for young people.
Jacqueline Woodson tries to bring her readers into the wider world and inspire them to start asking questions like “What would I do in this situation?”
Grace Lin’s first picture book, The Ugly Vegetables, was based on her mother’s garden and her own childhood experience as the only Asian girl in her class.
