That is Ms. Terripelli’s idea. She is our English teacher and she was the one who first got the idea to have real, live authors visit Leighton Middle School. She wants the author to feel welcome. You are my favorite author, I write. I have never read anything he’s written. Please send me an autographed picture, I write. I am sure this will raise my English grade, something I need desperately, since it is not one of my best subjects. The truth is: I have best friends and best clothes and best times, but not best subjects. I am going to be an author, too, someday, I write, surprised to see the words pop up on the screen. But I am writing on the computer in the school library and there is something wonderful about the way any old thought can become little green letters in seconds, which you can erase with one touch of your finger. I don’t push WordEraser, however.
