Book 3 — The Purpose of Life — drops May 26th.
These stories are for the kids who needed them and didn't have them.
I'm just trying to fill that gap.
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My protagonist Theo carries a lot of me.
And a lot of the people I grew up with.
And a lot of the kids I've worked with since.
These stories exist because I needed them once and they weren't there.
#YAFiction #OwnVoices #ToDieToLive
That work never left me.
I'm Jason Hershey. High school teacher. Author.
I write the To Die To Live series — stories about young people trying to figure out who they are and what their lives are worth.
#IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity #ToDieToLive
I taught in the same South Phoenix district where I grew up.
Different school. Same streets. Same kids — kids who reminded me of myself at that age.
I tried to be present for young people who needed someone to see them.
#Teaching #Education #ToDieToLive
At some point, I got curious.
Curious about what existed beyond the only neighborhood I'd ever known.
So I left. Went to Kansas for college. Saw something different.
Learned something about myself in contrast.
And then I came back to the work.
#GrowingUp #Memoir #ToDieToLive
I grew up in South Phoenix.
If you know, you know.
If you don't — it's a place that makes you. Shapes how you see the world, how you move through it, and what you feel responsible for.
Some places don't just raise you. They mark you.
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