Popular young adult novelist Neal Shusterman visited school today, after he was unable to attend his first engagement a few weeks ago. During his make-up visit, Shusterman talked about what inspired him to get into writing as well as how he comes up with stories and characters. He met students in the MPR during period 2 and then held a writer’s workshop in Ron Baer’s third period English class.

Shusterman talked in detail about the development process for “Unwind,” one of his latest novels and the character of Brewster from “Bruiser,” who has the ability to absorb people’s phsycial and emotional pain.

“He doesn’t just heal your broken bones,” Shusterman said. “He heals your broken heart.”