This book is E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G. to me. Cassie Logan was the first protagonist I ever read who was like me: a black girl who was inquisitive, precocious, vulnerable, confused, knew everything, and was full of righteousness. This was the book that truly made me fall in love with reading and tapped into how powerful it is to see and read a reflection if your own story. #ownvoices #weneeddiversebooks

It's the last day of the South Carolina State Fair and I'm sad I had to miss it. But I'll be able to relive it in my book! (Sort of. I don't have a Liam Malloy in my life yet...or a funnel cake.) 😶