Irma L.

“Miss Volker,” I said about as politely as I knew how, “do you think you will outlast the rest of these original people?” “I have to,” she said. “I made a promise to Eleanor Roosevelt to see them to their graves, and I can’t drop dead on the job—so let’s get going.”
― Jack Gantos, Dead End in Norvelt: (Newbery Medal Winner)

“...we have to save the history we have. You never know what small bit of it might change your life--or change the whole world.”
― Jack Gantos, Dead End in Norvelt

“Who would dream that one can love without being crushed under the weight of it?”
― Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest

“Apparently, it was common for children to participate in the Civil War, and thus, lots of fathers had brought their sons along for a fun family weekend of simulated violence and bloodshed.”
― Stuart Gibbs, Spy Camp