The main boy—the one who was calling the shots—pushed
That’s how it is with infants. The minute the pain’s gone, so are the tears. If more people would do that, the world would be a happier place.
The Immigration Reform Act wiped out that option. Used to be, if undocumented parents could prove their deportation would put a U.S. citizen—in this case, you, AJ—at risk, the judge could let them sta...
Often, the most important part of a conversation was the waiting.
No more taking the Lord’s name in vain or even in earnest.
I trust.
Maybe crying helped, he reflected, counting the squares of the grid that imprisoned him. Not crying was actually painful, an ache of pressure in his chest. Maybe girls cried because it let off the pre...
Nobody can fix another person. But everybody tries.
The disaster came so swiftly and so completely that there was, Ryan conceded, a certain poetry in its magnificence.
Pasta with Garlic Scapes and Fresh Tomatoes In Italy, you can find a garden anywhere there is a patch of soil, and in many areas, the growing season is nearly year round. It’s common to find an abunda...
Listen, Sarah, he said. We have to deal with this. Just...take it easy. We’ll talk about it some more tonight.
You’re afraid, he said, the amazement of sudden revelation lighting his face. I never thought I’d find the one thing you fear. I’m not afraid, she said. You’ve never been kissed before, have you? She...
There are many ways to make a family, and that’s really the essence of The Lakeshore Chronicles books. As each story ends, a new one unfolds. The one element they all have in common is the key ingredi...
Brutal honesty has its place, but the occasional white lie does wonders for a fragile heart.
Don't let the things you have to do take over the things you love to do.
There can be no fooling ourselves into thinking this is something other than what it is—the willful ejection of Molly from our nest. It’s too late for second thoughts, anyway. She has to be moved into...
Her whole body flared to life with a fiery blush. Maybe that was why the term old flame had been invented. Somebody always got burned.
Opening a book was like opening a door to another world, and once she stepped across the threshold, she was transported. When she was reading a story, she lived inside a different skin. She
It’s all to do with the way you carry yourself, the way you face the world.
I’m fat, okay? Getting rid of my braces and glasses is not going to change that. Stop it, Camille said. God, why were teenagers so hard? Had she been that hard? I won’t let you talk about yourself tha...
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