What, said Ruby fatly as she reentered the store.
Say things you’d like to hear if you were in the audience. Make the audience feel good. Flatter them. Flatter them. Just use good sense. Claudia? Yeah? I think maybe I was born without good sense.
Every other weekend. He can be a pain, so I don’t mind this too much.)
She was wearing a wonderful Claudia outfit — a purple-and-white striped bodysuit under a gray jumper-thing. The legs of the bodysuit stretched all the way to her ankles, but she was wearing purple pus...
Sheep are in.
She’s thinking of signing up for Outward Bound next year. That’s where they give you all this survival training, then send you out in the wilderness to be on your own for three days, with nothing but...
Didn’t like Mr. Nicholls, it wasn’t as if he were doing anything illegal. And when I told them that I wouldn’t want Joey and Nate to feel as if I’d abandoned them, we agreed that I should continue sit...
So I guess you’re the new neighbors, said Zander. Well, see you. He strode up the walk to his house and let himself inside, the screen door slamming behind him. He thinks he’s so great, muttered Abby,...
So wear a leotard or something, I suggested. Do you think anyone would believe I sleep in my clothes? she asked. Probably not. Mary Anne sighed as she swept the pajamas off her bed and tossed them ont...
Some days,' I say, 'I feel like I don't belong anywhere in that world. That world out there. 'I point to Grant. 'People walk down our street and people drive down it and people ride their bicycles dow...
Something wasn't right in the Nicholls household, but what could I do about it? I hated to see two kids so unhappy, but if Mr. Nicholls had his rules, who was I to question them? It was his house. Joe...
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...
Stacey is glamorous. She moved to Stoneybrook, Connecticut, from New York City last summer. She’s very sophisticated, and is even allowed to have her hair professionally styled, so that she has this f...
Stacey? Kristy said. You have a Chunky wrapper on your butt.
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...
Take it easy, Kelea, said Thrash, grinning at me. Kelea? I repeated. A legendary Hawaiian princess who made friends with the water god. She was a radical surfer, he said. Oh, I replied, blushing. Well...
Taylor beamed at Suzi. Hey! You’re my sister! Mine,
The best way to get this point across is to describe to you what Claudia was wearing at lunch that day. It was her vegetable blouse: an oversized white shirt with a green vegetable print all over it —...
The long-ago days - the days of Mother and Bone and the shed - have become fuzzy and have blended with images of Moon, of my travels, of other people and houses, of hiding places; a tangle of memories...
The two-year-olds were standing over a pile of dirty forks and spoons, laughing hysterically.They're okay, Claudia said.No thanks to you, Mary Anne commented under her breath.If you're so concerned, w...
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