By Rebecca Maglischo
Photos Courtesy Sofia Simpson

A book is a portal to another world, a brief stay in a different life, a chance for a new experience and an opportunity to empathize with someone outside your own race, religion, or status. Many people can fondly remember a book that changed the way they viewed life. Picture books tickle the minds and imaginations of young children, and that first chapter book is such a point of pride for an elementary school student. But books read in the tender middle years between childhood and adulthood hold a special place in a reader’s heart. These are the books that open up the world with all of its drama and tragedy, love and sadness; these are the books that ride alongside a young person when the world seems so very confusing. Perhaps these are the books that should gently hold the hearts of the teen readers as they dream and explore and dare to hope in that special way that only a teenager can. Sofia Simpson is a Young Adult Christian Fantasy author striving to do exactly that monumental task.

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