Nicole
When I was a kid, reading helped me through some pretty dark times. Books were the place I ran to when life got to be too much. In books, I found out that I wasn’t the only one who didn’t fit in; that I wasn’t the only one who was awkward or different from others. I found out about places and people that were far out of reach in my little world. As I grew older, books allowed me to connect with the people around me and challenged me to extend myself to new places and try new things. My...