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Sun, Jun 05 2011 15:59:10

#YAsaves

  1. maureenjohnson
    maureenjohnson@maureenjohnson
    Did YA help you? Let the world know how! Tell your story with a #YAsaves tag. And copy the @wsj for good measure.
    Sat, Jun 04 2011 19:52:37
  2. MargaretAWells
    MargaretAWells@MargaretAWells
    YA helped me figure out that I was depressed, and it kept me from committing suicide. #YAsaves @wsj
    Sat, Jun 04 2011 19:54:30
  3. marburyjack
    marburyjack@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
    Sun, Jun 05 2011 12:35:09
  4. public_frog
    public_frog@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
    Sun, Jun 05 2011 04:55:02
  5. kellyasterisk
    kellyasterisk@kellyasterisk
    @maureenjohnson @wsj Reading 'Cycler' made me feel like less of a freak. #YAsaves
    Sat, Jun 04 2011 19:54:54
  6. Dear @wsj, #yasaves http://twitpic.com/57dl97
    SaundraMitchell@SaundraMitchell
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    Sun, Jun 05 2011 07:02:42
  7. dance_tenlooks3
    dance_tenlooks3@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
    Sat, Jun 04 2011 19:55:00
  8. JoKnowles
    JoKnowles@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
    Sun, Jun 05 2011 05:15:30
  9. KelleyArmstrong
    KelleyArmstrong@KelleyArmstrong
    Darkness in YA fiction is about coping. There IS darkness in lives of many teens, however much we might prefer otherwise @wsj #YAsaves
    Sun, Jun 05 2011 13:15:34
  10. travelingheidi
    travelingheidi@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
    Sun, Jun 05 2011 04:01:08
  11. darlingt
    darlingt@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
    Sat, Jun 04 2011 19:55:06
  12. robinwasserman
    robinwasserman@robinwasserman
    Without books, I would have been alone. Trapped. Without hope. If adolescence is a cage, books are the key. #yasaves
    Sun, Jun 05 2011 06:50:06
  13. stephxsu
    stephxsu@stephxsu
    "The Only Thing I Really Hate" -- my blog response to @WSJ's #YAfail article #YAsaves http://tinyurl.com/3vrh5k7
    Sat, Jun 04 2011 20:51:22
  14. GretchenMcNeil
    GretchenMcNeil@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
    Sat, Jun 04 2011 21:14:37
  15. decemberviolet
    decemberviolet@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
    Sat, Jun 04 2011 19:55:19
  16. TsukiDororo
    TsukiDororo@TsukiDororo
    Instead of completely eroding my liver with alcohol and diving headfirst in drugs I read YA lit #YAsaves @wsj
    Sat, Jun 04 2011 19:55:14
  17. WeeBookishBeast
    WeeBookishBeast@WeeBookishBeast
    I took shelter in books when it seemed my own mind was turning on me (turns out I'm bipolar). #YAsaves @wsj
    Sun, Jun 05 2011 03:55:03
  18. p2p_editor
    p2p_editor@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
    Sat, Jun 04 2011 19:55:35
  19. RonHogan
    RonHogan@RonHogan
    Without YA, teenage boys will find their way to ATLAS SHRUGGED. Think about what that will do to their developing personalities. #YAsaves
    Sun, Jun 05 2011 09:24:50
  20. biobrain2121
    biobrain2121@biobrain2121
    #YAsaves my sanity when I can just go away from divorcing parents for a while @WSJ
    Sat, Jun 04 2011 19:56:15
  21. kathleenfoucart
    kathleenfoucart@kathleenfoucart
    I can't fit all YA has done for me in a tweet. #YAsaves @wsj
    Sat, Jun 04 2011 19:57:15
  22. kelseybmurphy
    kelseybmurphy@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
    Sat, Jun 04 2011 19:57:19
  23. jlewenda
    jlewenda@jlewenda
    Books helped me realise that it wasn't my fault for being raped. #YAsaves @wsj
    Sat, Jun 04 2011 20:25:16
  24. JulieHeartBooks
    JulieHeartBooks@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
    Sat, Jun 04 2011 19:57:28
  25. thegirlroaming
    thegirlroaming@thegirlroaming
    YA books helped me know that I was not alone in my insecurities and faults and encouraged me to overcome them. #YAsaves @wsj
    Sat, Jun 04 2011 19:57:29

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