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  1. maureenjohnson
    Did YA help you? Let the world know how! Tell your story with a #YAsaves tag. And copy the @wsj for good measure.
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  3. marburyjack
    Real note from a kid reader: "You are a daily reminder that there are people who don't care if you're GSBTL...You inspire me." #YAsaves
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  4. public_frog
    #yasaves because it hits us where we live-- if it weren't for YA lit, most of my students wouldn't be readers. @wsj
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  6. dance_tenlooks3
    without ya, I would have committed suicide in 8th grade. ya gave me HOPE and a REASON to keep going through my darkness. #YAsaves @wsj
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  7. JoKnowles
    Teen me needed novels @wsj describes not b/c I was "troubled" but b/c they made me more compassionate &changed how I treated others #yasaves
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  8. KelleyArmstrong
    Darkness in YA fiction is about coping. There IS darkness in lives of many teens, however much we might prefer otherwise @wsj #YAsaves
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  9. travelingheidi
    Dear @wsj - I just packed 20 books into my tween-age son's camp duffel. 17 were YA novels w/every type of theme, character, story. #YAsaves
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  10. darlingt
    YA novels helped me realize that it's OK to be myself, and if people won't accept me for who I am, that's their loss. #yasaves @wsj
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  11. robinwasserman
    Without books, I would have been alone. Trapped. Without hope. If adolescence is a cage, books are the key. #yasaves
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  12. stephxsu
    "The Only Thing I Really Hate" -- my blog response to @WSJ's #YAfail article #YAsaves http://tinyurl.com/3vrh5k7
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  13. GretchenMcNeil
    I went through a divorce. I lost my job, my husband and my identity. Then I found writing and a YA voice. And my world changed. #YASaves
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  14. decemberviolet
    I was 16 and a cutter. Reading helped me realise I wasn't alone as I thought and that there was a light in the darkness. @WSJ #YAsaves
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  15. TsukiDororo
    Instead of completely eroding my liver with alcohol and diving headfirst in drugs I read YA lit #YAsaves @wsj
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  16. WeeBookishBeast
    I took shelter in books when it seemed my own mind was turning on me (turns out I'm bipolar). #YAsaves @wsj
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  17. p2p_editor
    .@wsj I now know it's fiction, but I'm pretty sure _Go Ask Alice_ saved my life back in high school. Whatever helps, right? #YAsaves
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  18. RonHogan
    Without YA, teenage boys will find their way to ATLAS SHRUGGED. Think about what that will do to their developing personalities. #YAsaves
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  20. kelseybmurphy
    I always have something to take me away, to tell me I'm not alone, to remind myself that I'm lucky to be alive #YAsaves
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  22. JulieHeartBooks
    I don't have any definite proof, but I was in a dark place when I started reading YA. Haven't gotten that bad since then. #YAsaves
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  23. thegirlroaming
    YA books helped me know that I was not alone in my insecurities and faults and encouraged me to overcome them. #YAsaves @wsj
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