Posts by Kelly Yang

By Hayley, Age 12 Ana on the Edge by A.J. Sass made me feel finally seen because it relates to a lot of my life and some of my struggles that I experience. The first is that I’m nonbinary and it can be really hard to find a nonbinary character in books, so Ana being…

By Maisie, age 11 Literature has always been my way to feel that others understand anything I’m going through, and one book in particular made me feel finally seen: The One Who Loves You the Most, by Medina. It has wonderfully awkward characters and coming out stories. I am awkward with literally anyone in my…

By Sarah, Age 11 I feel as though I’ve been seen in the book Blended by Sharon M. Draper. The main protagonist is Isabelle, a light-skinned girl. She loves piano and she has a stepbrother. I don’t have a stepbrother, but I do have a brother who doesn’t live with me. We both have things…

By Grace, Age 12 One book that made me feel seen is A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée. One of the reasons this book made me feel seen is because I could see myself in the main character. The protagonist is an African American middle school girl like me.  I also related…

By Elia, Age 11 The book Drawn Together by Minh Lê made me feel finally seen. My grandparents recently moved in with me and my dad. The problem is neither speaks English, which makes it really hard to communicate with them. When I read Drawn Together I got to see how someone else handled this…

By Taylor, age 13 The novel The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas makes me feel seen. In the book, Starr attends a white school with primarily white friends. People at her school and neighborhood make fun of her for the people she hangs around. Starr forms two personalities in fear of upsetting anyone. Starr…

By Eliana, Age 10 Have you ever felt like you can really connect with a book? The book I can connect called, New from Here, is about a boy moving from Hong Kong to escape much of the risk of the new virus. I am 10 years old and, like Knox, faced some of the…

By Adam, age 12 Maria Scrivan’s book, Nat Enough made me feel “finally seen” because I have always felt a little out of place from my friends and classmates.  I have felt like I am not interested in things that are “cool” or popular, instead I am part of the progressive activist community.  Like Nat,…