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Jessie Atkin

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Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Jessie Atkin writes fiction, essays, and plays. Her work has appeared in The Rumpus, The Writing Disorder, Daily Science Fiction, Space and Time Magazine, and elsewhere. Her full-length play, "Generation Pan," was published by Pioneer Drama. Her debut board book "Oodles of Noodles" was published by Little Bee Books. She can be found online at jessieatkin.com ...more

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What I Wrote Down

25 years ago, I was 12 years old. I didn’t think to write about 9/11 when it happened because, honestly, I was too overwhelmed. There wasn’t time in my mind. But apparently that summer, August to be exact, I saw a piece on the news referencing 9/11 as we approached the first anniversary. And then I wrote about it. I wrote about it in a Hello Kitty journal with a plastic lock on it. 25 years later,

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Average rating: 4.12 · 109 ratings · 30 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	We Are Savages 3.87 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oodles of Noodles (A Counting Word Play Board Book for Toddlers) 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Footnote 3 by Leah Angstman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cynthia Anderson, Jessie Atkin (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Generation Pan it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Space and Time Spring/Summer #141 by Space & Time, C.M. Barnes, Andrew Forget it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Issue XIV: April 2026 by samfiftyfour, Adam K Bechtold (Editor), Isabelle Correa (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

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“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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“Slow people are just paying close attention.”
― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion

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“You go to bed angry or sad enough, you can wake up just about anywhere”
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