![]() In ninth grade, an English teacher also made a difference in Shusterman’s life. And so that had always been a part of what I wanted to do was be a storyteller in one way or another. Shusterman felt awed by it too and to do this day remembers wishing that he could create something as imaginative.Īnd when I saw movies that I enjoyed, read books that I enjoyed, my response was rather than wanting to read something just like it, I wanted to be able to do that myself. Around the same time, he also read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He opened the book, began reading, and was swept away by the story of the seagull in search of perfect flight. ![]() Being the last kid waiting to get picked up, and with nothing else to do, Shusterman went back into the cabin and found a dust-covered copy of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Then, at around age ten, his parents were apparently late picking him up at a summer camp. In third grade, Shusterman was the slowest reader in his class, but an elementary school librarian took him under her wing and taught him to love books. A native of New York and is an example of both the power of adults and of books on a young person’s life. Neal Shusterman is the award-winning author of The Skinjacker Trilogy and The Unwind Trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() English: Reminds me of the book & movie about Jonathan Livingston Seagull. ![]()
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