Which books do you have on your bookshelf?

I mostly have a lot of books that I had when I was younger that I had in middle school, like the Harry Potter series or The Last Dragon chronicles. I mostly just read online stuff, so I don’t have that many new books.

What do the books mean to you?

I have The Book Thief and my mom got it signed by the author in Texas. That one means a lot to me because it was the first book that I read that was about something serious.

Why do you have the books that you have?

I like to read them because they remind me of when I was younger. I like the stories because they are like Fantasy and Sci-Fi things, and they just make me happy because they remind me of when I was younger, and they are great reads.

Which books do you have on your bookshelf?

I used to read The Hunger Games series and utopian books like The Maze Runner and Divergent. I never read the Harry Potter books, and I kind of regret that. I liked The Giver when I was younger. The thing that I love about The Giver is its ideas of what society could look like in the future.

What do the books mean to you?

It [reading] was never a requirement for me as a kid, so I was never really into books, but I have them to find the history in stories.

Why do you have the books that you have?

I have the entire Harry Potter series. My shelf is actually color coded. One of my favorites is Code Name Verity which is about two female spies in World War II. I used to read a lot of Junie B. Jones that I used to love. I have 5 LGBT books, which is a lot because there are not many of them in general. One of my favorites is Everything Leads to You.

Why do you have the books that you have?

Through 5th and 6th grade, the Harry Potter books were a very typical form of escape for me. I have read the series in order 17 times. For LGBT books, it’s kind of the opposite. I found books that I find myself in, instead of having to look for books to show me a world that is unlike my own.