Jasper John Dooley, Left Behind (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
It was Annie. She wasn’t old, and her eyes looked normal, just like Mom said. But there was something different about her. Jasper noticed right away. “Oh!” he said. Mom came to the door zippering her dress. She said, “Hello. You must be — Oh!” Then Dad came with his best, friendliest smile. “Hel — Oh!” Jasper said to Annie, “You have a ring in your nose.” Mom had told Jasper that Annie baby-sat lots of the kids in the neighborhood. She had told Jasper that all the mothers loved Annie. One of them had given Jasper’s mom Annie’s phone number. But Mom hadn’t said anything to Jasper about the ring in Annie’s nose. From the look on Mom’s face, Jasper knew no one had told Mom either. Annie smiled and shook Mom and Dad’s hands. She shook Jasper’s hand, too. “Nice to meet you. I think we’re going to have a lot of fun, Jasper,”
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