Gordon Flett

This is a one year and done.

And sure enough, that student then decided to transfer universities and to come back home just because she was missing being home so much.

And, but clearly it meant such a thing to

parents as well.

So I just want to say that it's great if the conversation can continue beyond kids for the age of the book.

And it's great if resources are developed.

One of Canada's best known children's authors, Eric Walters, who's won the Order of Canada Award, has got a book coming out probably in the next year or so.

And that's how we met.

He was a former teacher and social worker.

And he's written a book about that one caring adult who

changes a life and the story for teenagers is called far from the tree and it's about a young man who has a history of criminality in his family his dad's incarcerated his older brother's incarcerated but the principal takes an interest in this kid and says i'm not letting this kid go down that same path so the principal's looking out for the child and when the kid's not in school is asking where are you and checking in on him not to the point of harassment

And I asked Eric, I said, why did you decide to pick on this?

He goes, I've seen it.

I've seen this in schools that I've been in.

And he said he's visited over 2000 schools with his books.

That's Eric Walters.

And I said, well, I desperately want this book because then I want to be able to tell audiences that, you know, there's resources available for older kids too, to start these same conversations around their need to matter and how an adult

can still care for older kids as well.

Well, it's great.

And I'm glad you did because it satisfies my need to see things happen.