This is the speech I gave at a middle school in Menlo Park to support Teen Read Week. It is an honor to be here to support Teen Read Week. Thank you for the invitation. My name is Isabelle Gecils.  I have recently written a book, Leaving Shangrila, about my life growing up in somewhat difficult circumstances in a jungle in Brazil. Right there you may be thinking that our lives and concerns could not have been more different.  Growing up in a jungle in Brazil, certainly doesn’t compare with