"This article, written by Melissa Shang and published by the New York Times, explains how she ended up writing and publishing a novel about a girl with a physical disability. She chronicles the struggle she had to find and create a book that did not portray the disability in a way that elicits pity or simply highlights the kindness and tolerance of able-bodied characters. Her goal was to show a character in a wheelchair being "happy," like she is. She succeeded."