“Does he have his permission slip?” Principal Crawley asked. As Flea approached the shop teacher and principal early the next morning, he could tell that the two had been bickering, like usual. They waited for Flea just outside the shop class but he was in ...
I wish I could see him but my body is still frozen in place; I can’t even turn my neck. My hearing and vision and ability to speak remain but I don’t know what to say to this strange man. He finally ends up in front of me again and stares into my eyes. “What ...
Harriet says. We’re both perched at the edge of the same tree branch thirty feet above the ground, neither of us afraid of falling. Such a fall would hardly be bothersome for an Amazon. And if by chance we did get hurt, there’s little reason for serious concern. We might be days away from the nea...
I weave in and out of the thick trees that line the river, trying to stay close enough to the shore to see the water. It’s not long before I catch a glimpse of the soldier—arrow impaling his chest—floating on his back. I squeeze between a pair of trees and leap off the riverbank, diving into the ...