Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and even about the reader, than can be found in non-fiction.
Too many adults wish to 'protect' teenagers when they should be stimulating them to read of life as it is lived.
Karen was cuddling her favourite stuffed animal, a mint-green toy deer which she called Annabelle. Sometimes Jesse wondered about this… Karen loved the taste of venison and couldn’t wait to shoot her...