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Presenter: Stephanie, are you there?
Stephanie:I am here and so glad to be here.
Presenter:We are glad to have you Stephanie? I wanted to start by asking you about the title of
your book which is “Moose”. First of all, let’s talk about that title – “Moose.” Where did that come
from?
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Stephanie:It came from the mouths of very sensitive boys who decided to nickname me Moose and they would scream it down the hallways at school!
Presenter:And the effect of that on you was...?
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Stephanie: Oh it was awesome. It was horrible – it was really, really heartbreaking. Here you are a 13-year-old girl wanting obviously in adolescence to fit in, for people to like you and – especially
boys to like you. And the boys were calling me Moose and they weren’t just saying it in passing.
They were screaming it to the point where everyone would turn around and look.
Presenter:Wow!
Stephanie: And I would come home crying. I mean I remember when I came home crying one day to my father – finally worked up the courage to say, “You know, the kids at school call me Moose” – and he started actually not comforting me but laughing hysterically.
