Linda Sue Park said this quote

But [Patrick's] character is partly based on a boy named Mark who lived across the street from me when I was growing up ... I liked hanging out with him and was sad when he moved away after only a year in the neighborhood. I guess writing about Patrick is a way for me to spend more time with Mark.

~ Linda Sue Park

The boy was still looking at him. Your family? he asked.Salva shook his head.Me, too, the boy said. He sighed, and Salva heard that sigh all the way to his heart.

~ Linda Sue Park

The line between passionate and crazy can be a thin one.

~ Linda Sue Park

How could an alphabet—letters that didn't even mean anything by themselves—be impo

~ Linda Sue Park