Hello! My name is Shannon and I'm 15 years old. I've had a huge passion for reading and writing stories since 3rd grade. I actually wrote and illustrated a little book to present in 3rd grade. Yes, I'm young; but that doesn't mean I don't have a little bit of potential. 
  "Without words, without writing, and without books there would be no history, there would be no concept of reality."
                       -Hermann Hesse