--- title: "2 Middle school Quotes By Sofia Quintero" description: "2 Middle school quotes by Sofia Quintero. Plus more from Sofia Quintero and more Middle school sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/sofia-quintero-46296_first-place_we-work-with-tweens-middle-school-grades_2529071.jpg" --- > [We work with tweens. Middle school grades. That's a key time in a young person's literary history. That's the time when they're still open to reading, but there are other things that are starting to interest them that can pull…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/we-work-with-tweens-middle-school-grades-that-s-a-key-time-in-a-young/) [Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/sofia-quintero-46296_first-place_we-work-with-tweens-middle-school-grades_2529071.jpg) > [The one thing that always sticks out to me was how reading to young people - even if they're not that young, even if they're too cool for school, middle schoolers - what a profound act of love it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/the-one-thing-that-always-sticks-out-to-me-was-how-reading-to-young/) [Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef1/sofia-quintero-46296_love_the-one-thing-that-always-sticks-out-to_2533538.jpg) ## Other authors on Middle school - [Jarod Kintz 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/middle-school/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/middle-school/taylor-swift/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeff-kinney-48371.jpg) Jeff Kinney 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/middle-school/jeff-kinney/) ## More by Sofia Quintero > [Sure, kids want to read whatever is the hot book, and of course they want to read fantasy and any kind of speculative fiction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/sure-kids-want-to-read-whatever-is-the-hot-book-and-of-course-they/) [Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/) > [When I say myself, I don't mean just as a woman of color, as a girl who's growing up in the Bronx, as people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/when-i-say-myself-i-don-t-mean-just-as-a-woman-of-color-as-a-girl-who/) [Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/) > [A lot of times, people say that people read to escape. But I think if you come from any community that is underrepresented, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/a-lot-of-times-people-say-that-people-read-to-escape-but-i-think-if/) [Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/) > [There's just something about being a young, working class, working poor, person of color in New York City in the 80's that needs to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/there-s-just-something-about-being-a-young-working-class-working-poor/) [Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/) > [Not only did we survive AIDS, Reaganomics, poverty, racism, gang violence, police brutality, substance abuse - not only did we survive that, we created…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/not-only-did-we-survive-aids-reaganomics-poverty-racism-gang-violence/) [Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/) > [We work with tweens. Middle school grades. That's a key time in a young person's literary history. That's the time when they're still open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/we-work-with-tweens-middle-school-grades-that-s-a-key-time-in-a-young/) [Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/) > [The one thing that always sticks out to me was how reading to young people - even if they're not that young, even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/the-one-thing-that-always-sticks-out-to-me-was-how-reading-to-young/) [Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/) > [I particularly love where I work because I was born, raised, and still live in the Bronx. I work in a Bronx location, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/i-particularly-love-where-i-work-because-i-was-born-raised-and-still/) [Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/middle-school/sofia-quintero/#itemlist", "name": "2 Middle school Quotes By Sofia Quintero", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We work with tweens. Middle school grades. That's a key time in a young person's literary history. That's the time when they're still open to reading, but there are other things that are starting to interest them that can pull them out of their reading habits. 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