Growing up with Little Golden Books, science fiction by Isaac Asimov, and a father who was a professional magician, it was never a dull moment and Ms. Schwilk learned the value of reading early. She devoured young adult novels by Richard Peck, Lois Duncan, Joan Lowery-Nixon, and Paula Danziger (among scads of others) and hopes she can quell her goldfish-brain tendencies (oooh, shiny!! what?) and finish the stacks of novels in her head and hard-drive.