Children can be distinctly cruel to each other, capable of cutting deep with words and actions that they themselves don't yet fully understand. Couple that with kids having no concept of “long-term effects," and it's a recipe for swift, merciless pain, the fallout of which can last for years afterward.

But time, too, has its way of dealing with the pains of youth.

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Author:
Toni Ann Johnson won the Humanitas Prize and The Christopher Award for her Disney/ABC screenplay, "Ruby Bridges," the story of the young girl who integrated the New Orleans Public School system. Johnson won a second Humanitas Prize for her screenplay "Crown Heights," a film for Showtime Television about the Crown Heights Riots. Short fiction has appeared in The Emerson Review, Elohi Gadugi Journal, Red Fez, ArliJo, and Soundings Review. Johnson's novel REMEDY FOR A BROKEN ANGEL, was released in 2014 and nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author. ​

Reading Out Loud on this episode:
Genine Perez & Brandon Paul Eells