Neal Shusterman
Neal Shusterman
Neal Shustermanis an American writer of young-adult fiction. He won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature for Challenger Deep...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth12 November 1962
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
running morning parent
I came running down the stairs that morning, like it was Christmas. My parents were already up. In my family, presents never waited; they were there upon waking. Our family has a problem with what they called delayed gratification. We want what we want when we want it, and we always want it now.
hair chinese looks
Your hair looks funny," Lief said, as soon as the Ugloids left. "It stands straight up!" No," said Nick, intensely irritated, "It's hanging straight down." Lief just gave him an upside-down shrug. "Up is down in China and you're part-Chinese.
teacher school thinking
Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.
misunderstood affliction three
Mental illness is by far the most misunderstood, and stigmatized, of all afflictions. Statistically, one in three families in the U.S. deals with mental illness, and yet it's rarely discussed in the open. It's time for that to change.
mom mother thinking
I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning.
tangled humanity life-is
Either things happen for a reason, or they happen for no reason at all. Either one's life is a thread in a glorious tapestry or humanity is just a hopelessly tangled knot.
hero believe true-hero
No true hero ever believes that they are one.
kind used freaky
Touch is a freaky thing when you're not used to it. It makes you feel all kinds of things.
dream stupid reality
Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up.
ships firsts captains
the captain is supposed to go down with the ship" . "unless the first mate knocks him out and throws him in a lifeboat
unprepared
When you live a life without questions, you're unprepared for the questions when they come.
unconscious bruised battered
Hope can be bruised and battered. It can be forced underground and even rendered unconscious, but hope cannot be killed.
lying believe heart
If your heart tells you something but your mind tells you something else, which do you believe? Both are just as apt to lie. In fact, they play at deceit all the time. Mostly they balance each other, giving us that crucial reality check. But what happens on the rare occasions when they conspire together?
dimensions saws blind
Love, Allie concluded, wasn't blind, it simply saw alternate dimensions.