Full of heart and humor, this coming-of-age tale is no small thing — the tale of a boy's search for love and identity in the face of longing, abandonment, and uncertainty. When twelve-year-old Nathaniel and his two sisters discover an ad in the paper for a free pony, they can hardly believe thei...
This book I read for my english course. Well, first I thought this was going to be some kind of horror book about ghosts and all these lame things. Then, I just seemed to be some dark, depressing girl who suffers through her brother's death by hallucinating and seeing him at night. She starts doi...
Michael said. He took a sip of his drink, stared at the ice. Sarah clung to the edge of the bed, the codeine-and-alcohol cocktail washing over her. “What party? When?” “Some out-of-town thing a while ago—a hemlock party. I got roped into going.” She shot him a look of disgust. “A hemlock party? T...
We ditch the PIBs at lunch break to go to the Tip. Sharon walks backwards the whole way, waving her cigarette in my face, yammering about our victory over Chocko. “It’s like a drug, you know? You do something like that once and you want to do it again and again.” “Yeah,” I say, only half listenin...
Samantha said. A high-pitched whistle shrilled, and the Itchy clones jolted to life as though struck through by a bolt of electricity. Together they pointed at the window where Squeak and Boney stood, then began shrieking as they swarmed from the building. “Run!” Samantha shouted, dashing down th...
“We can’t enter the convention with a faulty device,” Squeak said wistfully. “I just don’t understand why it didn’t work. I’ve checked all the connections, re-soldered all the points, and tightened the screws. Even if the Apparator was picking up errant static electricity, it shouldn’t have respo...
Sebastian said, clinging to Skylark’s hair. “Fair?” Trust the mouse to take their side. “They said I couldn’t come back if I decide to work with Kenji and Francis, and that I’m no longer a member of my Frequency.” Kenji snorted. “Those guys are about as fun as a bag of knives.” Francis clomped ba...