Rebecca Stead
Rebecca Stead
Rebecca Steadis an American writer of fiction for children and teens. She won the American Newbery Medal in 2010, the oldest award in children's literature, for her second novel When You Reach Me...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth16 January 1968
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
stars book people
Many of the books on my list are, in my opinion, amazing. Some I didn't like. But I give them all five stars, because stars make people - including me -- happy.
running men police
Like when that man was running down Broadway stark naked and we all had to eat in the cafeteria while the police tried to catch him.
life steps cases
I don't know. I just feel stuck, like I'm afraid to take any steps, in case they're the wrong ones.
soul pajamas
Pajamas are good for the soul.
mean dark light
Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean. It's like how turning on a light makes you realize how dark the room had gotten. And the way you usually act, the things you would have normally done, are like these ghosts that everyone can see but pretends not to.
men worry gone
I'm an old man, and she's gone now. So don't worry, okay?
father missing want
Didn't you ever have a father yourself? You don't want him for a reason. You want him because he's your father.' So I figured it's because I never had a father that I don't want one now. A person can't miss something she never had.
simple needs loud
Well, it's simple to love someone," she said. "But it's hard to know when you need to say it out loud.
mean sometimes moments
Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean.
fall writing winter
I still think about the letter you asked me to write. It nags at me, even though you're gone and there's no one to give it to anymore. Sometimes I work on it in my head, trying to map out the story you asked me to tell, about everything that happened this past fall and winter. It's all still there, like a movie I can watch when I want to. Which is never.
boredom people mind
Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds.
writing together stories
The writing process is not just putting down one page after another-it's a lot of writing and then rewriting, restructuring the story, changing the way things come together.
mom honest kind
Mom's always telling me to smile and hoping I'll turn into a smiley person, which, to be honest, is kind of annoying.
nice book people
Nice tights," I snorted. Or I tried to snort, anyway. I'm not exactly sure how, though people in books are always doing it.