Although I found this story a little predictable and unexceptional it did deal with some issues that Young Adult audiences will find appealing. The protagonist Ariel (El) is a little irritating at times....even for an egocentric teen (and I know a lot) she really did need to get a life. I found...
I’d always thought of Rumer’s dad as a Kramer family member because he looked so much like the rest of us – brown hair, solid build. But of course, Rumer’s surname was Grey. Rumer Grey. Which meant that it was her mother who had belonged to the Kramer family tree. That’s why there were so many ph...
She’d been sitting on a bench outside the office waiting to have a word with the vice principal. The boy was standing at the office window waiting for someone to talk to him. Inside the glass-enclosed room, women glided about like comets in a fish bowl. No one looked at him, even when he cleared ...
It’s Saturday and Mom is grocery shopping. Bella has planned to visit Dad and asks me for the third time whether I’d like to tag along. I’m sitting in the room that is our kitchen and dining and living room all in one, watching Saturday morning kids’ shows because I can. The couch I’m sitting on—...
Hair? Check. Makeup? Check? Dress and accessories? Check and check. ‘Virginia, can I use your mirror?’ said Loz as she pushed her way into Virginia’s bedroom. ‘Tamara is taking up all the bathroom.’ ‘We do have four bathrooms,’ said Virginia dryly, but she stepped aside as Loz dumped her cosmetic...