Yeny and about thirty other kids had gathered in the field to count how many tables they would have, how many jugglers, clowns, musicians, signs, face-painters, and games. The following day, they would meet again to set up a carnival like nothing any of them had ever seen before. Suddenly Celia c...
It seemed like we spent a million years picking strawberries. The girl in purple never came back, and no one else talked to us all week. I tried to distract myself by working out something interesting to write about, but so far nothing had happened that I felt like writing down. I practiced Engli...
I know I shouldn’t worry. She often works late. Then again, maybe she had something scheduled for tonight, and she forgot to mention that she wouldn’t be calling. Whatever she’s doing, I hope it gets her mind off her troubles. All day, I’ve been saving up interesting things to tell her, little th...