This fieldwork session one of the students asked me to read a comic book to her and her friends. The book was about a character who is new to roller derby. She is trying to fit into a new group of friends and trying to do new things to figure out what she likes and who she wants to be. Reading this book to the girls made me think how books nowadays are very inclusive and shut down gender norms. The girls reading these books believe that they too can also do roller derby now from reading about the character and learning from the story. I found that when I was in elementary school that books usually stuck to the gender norms. There were a few times where there were gender neutral books, and all of the students would go crazy over them, and the school would have a massive book club talking about what part they’re up to and what they thought would happen next in the story. I feel like authors now are more considerate and take into consideration the audience that is reaching out to create a connection. After all, it is a business and the more people you can reach out to the more money you make. With the book I read to the girls on Tuesday I think the author was trying to reach out to young girls and speak on their perspective. When an author is trying to make a book that is more specific to a particular audience I feel like the readers have a more significant connection to the story because it is more relatable. Whereas if you are trying to read a story that reaches out to a broader audience, it might be challenging to create a stronger connection to the readers.