I was a good detective. I solved mysteries all the time. But I didn’t have to be a detective to know ..
For a while, things went fine. But then, during the Oompa Loompa song, everything started going wrong. ..
“Hey, Darius.” Chip grinned at me. Cyprian Cusumano is one of those guys who always seemed ..
Nia jumped into the front seat and threw her backpack on the floor. Her eyes looked like they were about ..
Death-Cast is calling with the warning of a lifetime-I’m going to die today. Forget that, “warning” ..
Hudson has to know I unfollowed him. Just like he knows me well enough that I would check his Instagram ..
Carmela scootered along the uneven dirt path, watching men stoop to work with their hands, her birthday ..
Aref Al-Amri stared at the Muscat International Airports security guards. They looked very serious in their ..
On summer nights, the moon reaches right in through my window and paints itself across the ceiling in swirls ..
Dad wakes me quietly so Mom can keep sleeping. It will be hours before the sun comes up. In the kitchen ..
I knew just enough Farsi to stutter that I barely knew how to speak Farsi Sohrab’s eyes crinkled ..
Twenty minutes later, I’ve got batter in my mixing bowl, multiplied to the correct proportions. ..
On Monday morning, Mrs. Carlotti introduces Justin, a new student, to the class. Brian smiles shyly at him. ..
Everett Anderson holds the hand of his mama until he falls asleep and dreams about Daddy in his chair, ..
Omakayas woke up to the delicate patting of tiny paws on her face. Quill’s porcupine was curious ..
On the tenth day of November the sun did not rise. This was the day the sea froze up and there were no more ..
When Iron Wind worked at night Billie would wait for him outside the Space Life lab, staring up at the stars ..
Six black dots wavered on the far shore. Omakayas was the first to see them approach over the glittering ..
When we lived in Cuba, I was smart. But when we got to Queens, in New York City, in the United States ..
Mama holds out the pink. Mama loves pink. But Asiya shakes her head. I know why. Behind the counter is the brightest ..
Some people have eyes like sapphire lagoons with lashes like lace trim on ballgowns, sweeping their cheeks ..
“That is a really big geode,” marveled Hank, his nose touching the glass tabletop. “And ..
I hate using the word disappeared. Mama didn’t just disappear into thin air. She was taken. Abducted. ..
