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Coming of age before its boom, I was obsessed with books for young people by Madeleine L’Engle, Daniel Manus Pinkwater and Judy Blume.

The country's consuming class, which is effectively the potential market for start-ups or business owners, is only about as big as Mexico - 130-140 million people - according to the report from Blume Ventures, a venture capital firm.

"The unbelievable success of it so far will also likely fortify Trump’s interest in the industry since he personally benefits," Alexander Blume, the CEO of Two Prim Digital Assets, told The Block.

But Oliver Blume, VW's group chief executive, said in a statement that the agreement was "an important signal for the future viability of the Volkswagen brand".

As a white, straight woman, who as a child read Judy Blume — one of America’s most banned authors — to navigate the tricky crosscurrents of youth, Jones said books are a refuge and a map for those wanting to empathize with people different from themselves.