"Rachel loves to read," said her mother. The Woodbridge Village Book Fair was the perfect place for her to visit. After making the rounds to all the tables, she chose to purchase "The Apple Tree Wish." Naturally, I autographed it for her and learned that she was only 11 years old. I was curious to learn what she would think after reading the book and I invited her to call me. Well, she did just that less than 24 hours later. In fact, she said she finished reading the book at 11 p.m. that night. "Really cool," was her first comment. She said she liked the shortness of the chapters and her favorite character in the book was my step-mother Marie. Her perceptions and insights were well beyond her 11 years as she understood the surprise ending. She told me after she reads a book she thinks about a useful moral message that she learned: "We should accept the people in our lives." Wow! That's a great takeaway thought from the book. She is an exceptional young lady and really impressed me.