The school board banned one of Maya Angelou's books, so the librarian had to take down her poster.I fished it out of the trash.She must be a great writer if the school board is scared of her.
From the Q&A with the author at the end of the book.)Have any readers ever asked questions that shocked you?I have gotten one question repeatedly from young men. These are guys who liked the book, but...
Slush is frozen over. People say that winter lasts forever, but it's because they obsess over the thermometer. North in the mountains, the maple syrup is trickling. Brave geese punch through the thin...
It doesn't hurt. Nothing hurts except the small smiles and blushes that flash across the room like tiny sparrows.
Could he hear my heart pounding?
Nicole can do anything that involves a ball and whistle.
This is wonderful, wonderful! Be the bird. You are the bird. Sacrifice yourself to abandoned family values....
This is not our fight', the old man said. 'British or American, that is not the choice. You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the river Jor...
The suffragettes were all about speaking up, screaming for their rights. You can't speak up for your right to be silent.
I looked in the mirror and realized that I was already dead. I let you kill me one piece at a time, starting when I was, what? Eight years old? Nine? You killed yourself and then you came after us.
Pie makes everybody happy.
It's easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle school.
Where did you live before you came here? I asked. The moon, he said smoothly. We left because the place had no atmosphere.
Love messes you up and makes you do strange things.
The world is crazy. You need a license to drive a car and go fishing. You don't need a license to start a family. Two people have sex and BAM! Perfectly innocent kid is born whose life will be screwed...
Mr. Freeman: You are getting better at this, but it's not good enough. This looks like a tree,but it is an average, ordinary, everyday, boring tree. Breathe life into it. Make it bend - trees are flex...
Eve ate the applebecause Adamwas afraid
Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head, makes you feel strong, even if you aren't.
I am trapped with Andy Evans.
Few people know this, but I am a trained assassin, skilled in jujitsu and krav maga. I can also, with a few folds, turn an ordinary piece of notebook paper into a lethal weapon. Or I can turn it into...