Margaret Peterson Haddix

Every person who is living and who has lived has a story and a past that makes them the individual they are or were. For Margaret Peterson, her passion for reading began as a young adolescent. Margaret had grown up in an time where electronics and technology was up and coming. For entertainment and hobbies she would spend hours reading at home, in the car, and even on vacation. She lived in a densely populated area, that was not prevalent. Her father was a farmer, like most men in the community.…

You’ll Learn to Like it “Reading is fun!” “You’ll learn to like it, I promise” “You just have to find the right books!” These are all words that I heard from the mouths of teachers, parents, and others in my life when I was just beginning to learn to read. Being able to read wasn’t the issue, it was wanting to read that I struggled with. I really just did not want to do it. I’d fight my parents to do my homework and roll my eyes when they offered to read me a bedtime story. Reading had been a…

There are eight different planets in our solar system. If each contained life, it would be eight different worlds, eight different types of ‘humans,’ and eight different worldly cultures. In our planet, we live by a set of rules, whether they be the law in the place we live in or moral rules, they’re still rules that we live and follow routinely. When I write, whether it’s for an assignment or for fun, I can control the rules I live by. Sure, I might have a guideline to follow but after I…