Hope nation: YA authors share personal moments of inspiration

Don't listen to the a**holes / Atia Abawi

TK / Renée Ahdieh

Before and after / Libba Bray

The dreadful summer of 1991 / Howard Bryant

The two types of secrets / Ally Carter

Rundown / Ally Condie

Letter words / James Dashner

Baseball pasta / Christina Diaz Gonzalez

Shot of hope / Gayle Forman

Caution: this hope is NSFW (but it shouldn't be) / I. W. Gregorio

Wings and teeth / Kate Hart

TK / David Levithan

Different dances / Alex London

TK / Marie Lu

Hoping for home / Julie Murphy

TK / Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

Born in Argentina, made in America: the immigrant identity / Romina Russell

The only one I can apologize for / Aisha Saeed

Always / Nic Stone

Now more than ever / Angie Thomas

In the past / Jenny Torres Sanchez

Nobody remembers the names of people who build walls / Jeff Zentner.