A story about Megan, an 11 year old New York City girl who is having a miserable summer in Vermont with her art teacher parents and teenaged sister. After some family conflicts, Megan gets lost on the Appalachian Trail, and ends up hiking alone and having some Big Life Lessons Learned (in relati...
A kid Val didn’t know very well was telling everybody a story. His red baseball cap was on crooked. His hands were high in the air, as if he were holding on to an imaginary stick. “The old lady is holding a broom like this. She chases Lanora down the sidewalk and smacks Lanora on the head.” The k...