The hamster called. He wants his home back.
The girls can have the bed, Gazzy said. Iggy and I can sleep on the floor.Excuse me, sexist piglet? I said, raising my eyebrows. How about the two smallest people share the bed 'cause they'll . That w...
The fight unfolded like background noise. White noise. In the foreground, even with his ghastly pale face looking dead in my hands, my fingers clenching his ragged hair, all I could see was random ima...
The cell phone in my pocket went off. Shit! Damn it! Why do I carry these infernal gadgets? Why does anybody in their right mind need to constantly be on call?
The actor Danny Kaye used to say, Life is a great big canvas. Throw all the paint you can at it. I like that thought. More important, I try to live by it as much as I can. I
That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. I need to help you because fair is fair? Try, ‘I need you to help me so I won’t rip out your spine and beat you with it.’ I might respond to that. Maybe.
That’s right: Never underestimate the power of a good laugh. It can stop some of the fiercest middle-school monsters.
That's more than three questions, Max. And sometimes wheter someone is your friend or enemy is all in how you look at it. But if you must know, I consider myself your friend, a good friend who loves y...
THE THREE OF US leaned against a stone wall in City Hall Park, picking at salad sandwiches we had bought at a nearby grocer’s. The murder club meets again.
Stevie Kosgrov is my very own somewhat demented Dudley Dursley—if Dudley had muscles and serious BO issues and knew how to jam people’s heads down toilets to give them a swirly. Yes,
Spend your money thoughtfully & secretly, you walk free. That was the way it was in america these days. Who knows? Maybe it had always been that way
Soovee? I ask. Did Mom make it so you can drive yourself? Correct. This is so cool! says Trip. Yesterday, Dr. Hayes mounted a range finder to my roof housing a 64-beam laser. So that’s what she was do...
Sometimes being a leader isn’t about winning. Sometimes it’s about doing what’s right, instead of what’s powerful.
Sometimes all you have is instinct, a gut feeling. It's important to pay attention to them.
So, Angel? I said, looking over at her. She was gliding through the night, her eight-foot wings looking like a dove's. Have you picked up anything from Anne, about anything? Anything off?Not really. A...
She turned her head and looked at her gorgeous and in every way fantastic lover.
School was unbelievable, I said. I kind of, well, sort of, met this amazing girl, and then I set off the fire alarm during an assembly— Okay, that’s not what I really said, but it wouldn’t have matter...
Remember what I said at the very beginning? Now, I’m giving you a choice: You can put the book down now— but you’ll just have some of the story. Look other places for more of it. Dig even deeper, and...
Plus, if I can wax philosophical for a paragraph, there's an even more fundamental principle involved here, and it applies to everything from what you decide to do for a living, to making an omelette,...
Plus, if I can wax philosophical for a paragraph, there's an even more fundamental principle involved here, and it apples to everything from what you decide to do for a living, to making an omelette,...