Here is the answer from the FAQ on Joan Bauer's website (http://www.joanbauer.com/jbfaq.html):
"I've always loved words and stories. My grandmother was a wonderful storyteller and my mother was a high school English teacher, so stories, reading, and writing were anchors to me as a child. Stories have always helped me to understand life. When I'm writing a story, I'm really exploring how I feel about the world. I'm working things out in fiction and metaphor--things that I believe to be true."
There is no one book that has made girls as a whole want to write books.
Horror movies.
Write a longer question. You want the value? You want to know when it was made?
The climax of "Peeled" by Joan Bau occurs when Hildy dies.
Wanted to see what kids wanted to read.
nothing (:
Joan did not want to take lives and she was not trained in combat. She was a strategist and spent her time directing the battles.
You want to write a flyer to rent a room how do you write?
It is a statue of Joan of Arc. If you want more specific details you need to reask the question which a more specific location.
She wanted to write about real life and children with problems because there were no books like that in those days.
just for twist
avi got his inspiration from his family. He decided to start writing in 12th grade.