I stuffed my feet into my sneakers and called Claudia Gonzales at the Brown University Admissions Office. I tried her three times, but she didn’t answer her phone. I could only leave her a voice mail. I called back and dialed zero to try to reach a human. “I got a very imp...
Zack said that night when he crawled in my window. “You were so nervous. You were sweating.” “But you don’t think she caught on, do you?” I asked. I was sitting on my bed in a tank top and the girlie boxers I wore as pajamas. “No way,” he said. “She has no idea.” I sighed and closed my eyes. Insi...
Where the Ocean Meets the Sand Meanwhile, Aunt Sunny, Marigold, and Lily went to the big beach where they’d had the clambake. Aunt Sunny was meeting her friends for what she called a sea chat. A sea chat, Aunt Sunny had explained, was sitting in the water and chitchatting for as long as they plea...