You are exaggerating, Sunny. You don’t know a thing about him. He is still a stranger. You may never see him again. Get over it.
What’s fun about homonyms is hearig a word in a sentence and suddenly realizing that it has a homonym or maybe two (or three, but that’s so rare I don’t often think about homonym quartets) and that yo...
What does RV stand for, anyway? Mary Anne asked. Ridiculous Vehicle, Watson said,
Well, it’s only temporary, until the rest of the house is in order. Then it goes downstairs to the living room. What movie do you want to see? What do you have? Practically everything. My mom’s a movi...
There's no use asking Mom and Dad to talk to Nana about her punishment. They won't stand up to her. They never do. This is why I decide I am not going to speak to Nana or Papa or my parents. What Leil...
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...
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,...
She thought of Mama making dresses for her and Rose because handmade was cheaper than store bought,
One night last year when my father and I were eating supper at 6.17 p.m., I said to him, Did you have a favourite?A favourite what? asked my father.A favourite foster mother.Yes, I did, said my father...
Mike and I have lived with Dad every since my mom took off when she was 7. They got divorced a year later. I love my mom and I know she loves Mike and me. Of course, I haven’t seen her in ages, but th...
Margo, I said, What is your greatest wish?Global peace, she replied immediately.Yes, but say it in a nice sentence.My greatest wish, Margo said, looking rapturous and angelic, is for global peace. Tha...
Luv, Stace
Janine took a large bite of waffle. The usual, she replied. School. You are enjoying your computer studies? Oh, immensely, said Janine. Programming is so logical. And once you master the basics, it ca...
I think Mallory Pike may secretly like being one of our younger members. That’s because in real life she’s the oldest of — get ready — eight kids. Can you imagine? Her brothers and sisters are Vanessa...
I said, who left the peanut butter open on the counter? Now his voice was much louder. The boys didn't answer. I saw them draw closer together. I was so surprised that I couldn't say a word.I'm going...
I really love Courtie and I love Leigh too, I guess. After all, she’d been my stepmother for five years then ever since I was 11, and she’d seen my older brother, Mike and me through some hard times....
I am Rose Howard and my first name has a homonym. To be accurate, it has a homophone, which is a word that’s pronounced the same as another word, but spelled differently. My homophone name is Rows.
How did people deal with a situation like this? Maybe they'd make Mr. Nicholls promise never to do it again. Maybe he'd have to go to counseling. In any case, I knew things would start to change for t...
Here we are, said Mallory, running up to me, pulling Margo along. Oh, thank goodness. Mary Anne and I counted the Pikes about five times before we were satisfied that they were all safe and sound. I w...
Don't do it, I said. Please? I mean, I understand that you want revenge, but two wrongs don't make a right. I didn't to sound like a teacher; the words just popped out.