Authentic and say what these characters really should say. i had all this information that i was dying to get out so i decided to add the factoids on the bottom s of the pages as a way of doing it without interrupting the narrative. let me ask you about what you think. when i introduced you i read a quote from a teacher that said in my most introverted students, they respond to this. after matching that that is a little bit of a goal, it s for those people who might be slightly on the outside or on the fringes in which they might recognize themselves or see some reason to participate in the discussion. tell me about your thinking on that front. well, of course you want to try to reach the kids who are alienated because this is a story about alienated kids but i ll tell you something fascinating that i never expected. i have gotten emails and letters, not huge numbers of them, but from the police. kids who wrote to me and said ....