I felt terrible. What could I do to make Kristy feel better? And if she felt better, would she be nicer to me?
An average person has an IQ of 100. An above-average person has an IQ of 120 to 140. A person with an IQ of 150 is considered a genius. Janine’s IQ is 196. Sometimes
Sure. Waffles are fine. How come you didn’t ask me what I wanted? I’m asking you now. They’re fine, Janine said again. Sighing, she turned back to the computer. I stuck my tongue out at her and ran do...
Stacey? Kristy said. You have a Chunky wrapper on your butt.
Really, Kristy, a sweater with snowflakes and snowmen on it? You look like a four-year-old. Well, you’ve got sheep barrettes in your hair, I yelled. You think they’re adult? Sheep, Claudia informed me...
Mom opened her mouth to say something, then closed it, hesitating. After a few more silent seconds, she said, Just so you’re prepared, dear— I cringed. Whatever was coming didn’t sound good. —I want y...
Mohawk Indians are part of the large Iroquois nation. And the Iroquois Indians lived in longhouses, not teepees.
I’m not going to be able to go with you this afternoon, I said. Oh. She didn’t seem crushed, but I could tell she wasn’t overjoyed, either. Well, I guess I can find enough stuff myself. Okay, I said....
It was the kind of terrified look that reminds you that no matter how rational or grown up a person might seem, some part of him is absolutely sure - knows - that an evil other-world exists just outsi...
It hadn’t really occurred to me that the Pike girls would be competing against each other. What if one of them did win the pageant? The other would lose not just to strangers or even friends, but to h...
In a few days, I'll be hitting the surf Down Under. Maybe you'll get there, too, someday. You'd like it, Kelea. He smiled at me. You know, I'm kind of a loner. I've never been used to having friends....
For now, I just want things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have known.
Did you do something crazy, like cut it all off? Well, I said, not all. But it’s real short, right? Yeah, but — Why did you do it?
Abby had known Orrin since they were five, but she had fallen in love with him three months earlier, toward the end of second grade.
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The whole club has been Abbified. Everyone had grown lazy while I was gone. Or maybe they weren't lazy. Maybe I was being too stubborn. (Hard to imagine, I know.) Sometimes you have to give a little t...
Sorry, Mary Anne, I can’t hear you! I shouted into the phone receiver. Mary Anne Spier cleared her throat and began, I said, hi, I really missed you, and — EEEEEEEE! That was my two-year-old sister, E...
Now, Tom had seemed like a decent guy when we watched him during track practice, and seeing that sign on the bulletin board had given us a clue that he had a good heart, too. But it was almost as if h...
Love Lucy, agreed Claud. Only we won’t try to steal John Wayne’s
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