Jackie Woodson, Laurie Halse Anderson, Leah Henderson, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Ellen Oh, Renée Watson, An Na, Namrata Tripathi, Daniel Nayeri, Meg Medina, Grace Lin, Tammy Brown, Jim Averbeck, Ed Porter, Pat Cummings, Melissa Stewart, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Dr. Sarah Park Dahlen, and many others are among the friends and colleagues who have taken the time to talk to me about race, diversity, and inclusion. I ask their patience and forgiveness, as I still have so much to learn: My goal is to make new and different and better mistakes every day.

Finally, I thank my readers—of all ages, but especially the young readers. It is an honor and a privilege to be able to write for you.

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About the Author

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LINDA SUE PARK is the author of Newbery Medal winner A Single Shard and best-selling novel A Long Walk to Water, along with numerous other novels and picture books. Ms. Park has been a gymnast, a food journalist, an advertising copywriter, and an ESL teacher, and now writes full time. As an advisory board member of We Need Diverse Books and a board member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, she is a well-known advocate for diversity, inclusiveness, and reading. She lives in Rochester, New York, with her family and has traveled to such far-flung destinations as Brazil, Dubai, and the Galapagos to talk about her books.

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