The book Brutal by Michael Harmon started off with the sneaky character Poe holly. Poe is a young girl who lives with her mother who works as a docter in South America, which ends up causing Poe to have to move in with her dad who she has never met because he left before she was born. After sixte...
Benders High had official physical education uniforms consisting of monogrammed sweats, shorts, and cheapo T-shirts. I looked terrific in my little outfit, and just being there made me want to become a pro volleyball player even though I was five foot one. I could barely touch the bottom of the n...
Kim looked at me. “How?” I’d been thinking about Billy since our last conversation, and I couldn’t get him out of my head. We sat on Kim’s front porch, and there was no moon after a Monday-afternoon scorcher. A breeze rustled the leaves on the maple tree over us. “I’ve got a buddy in Spokane that...
First off, my dad had thrown away the case and a half of beer in the garage refrigerator. We hadn’t spoken about it since he’d told me he was going to AA, but things were different. He slept in his bed every night, instead of the recliner, and he was on edge. Nervous. Almost jumpy. He didn’t talk...
Three houses down from ours, I dropped my board and skated. Night skating is one of the coolest things to do in the world. With everything still and quiet but for your wheels rolling on the pavement, it’s like skating in a dream. The glow cast from streetlights and the emptiness of the city eithe...