My editor is working on my newest book and made the comment, “You just can’t get away from characters who are outsiders, can you?” The book is not part of my Outsiders series.
I started thinking about the past. When I was in fourth grade, my family moved across the country because my father changed jobs. We lived in a motel for a while as my parents were having difficulty finding a house to rent in the new city. My parents didn’t want my sister and I to miss too much school so they enrolled us. We were required to attend the school that was closest to the motel where we were living. Unfortunately, that school was filled to capacity for my sister’s grade. She was sent to another school. We weren’t happy to get separated.
My school, I soon realized, was different than any I had ever attended (my…
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