‘What do you think of school so far?’ I asked. ‘It’s pretty good. I like moving round to different lessons; it’s better than being with one teacher all day.’ ‘I like Miss Espinoza too,’ I said. ‘She’s nice. And I like Mr Garibaldi and Mrs Holt is a ...
Mrs Lloyd-Winterson has agreed to run our debating club. She’ll see you at lunchtime.’ There were several things wrong with that sentence. For starters, it’s my debating club. Secondly, nothing should ever involve me having to see anyone at lunchtime, unless it’s the cook so that she can take my ...
It’s not a real smile, she just stretches out her already thin lips until they almost disappear. She only ever does it when she wants something. I started calculating how many steps we were from the door and wondering if Ramsbum had any weapons concealed about her person. She fixed us with her la...
‘What’s the matter?’ I asked. ‘It’s Crystal. She asked me to go to her house.’ Poor Ella; she was clearly all stressed out again. ‘What did you say?’ ‘I said I had to ask Mum, but she thought that was a yes.’ ‘Why didn’t you just say no?’ Ella’s face crumpled. ‘I thought s...