It has been years since I read Red Kayak, but I had no trouble following the story in this companion novel. Digger has been sentenced to nine months in a juvenile detention center for his life-ending prank, but he is determined to escape to get home and protect his mother and siblings from his dr...
For days, three seventh-grade girls Claire, Jenna and Suzanne agonize over whether to say anything. Finally, they summon the courage to speak up about their music teacher, Frederick Mattero. What happens next is chaos. Parents are called. A teacher is accused and attacked. The gossip mill churn...
Merry-go-round music. Kids screaming on the baby roller coaster. A man with tattoos on both arms hands us tickets. The sweet aroma of cinnamon roasted nuts. A woman in a wheelchair face paints a flower on the cheek of a littl...