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1 TWO FOR FLINCHING “Two for flinching,” Jared Matthews says at lunch one MONDAY in January. ..
My sweetest dreams unfold when my eyes are wide open, after I roll my sleeping mat and begin my morning ..
The very best day of my life, I threw up four times and had a fever of 103 degrees. I was pretty sure ..
IT WAS ALMOST December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. No. Wrong word, Jonas thought. Frightened ..
It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. ..
ROUTE 1-Quite a Ways to Go It might sound silly, but to William “Scoob” Lamar, the WELCOME ..
CHAPTER 1 Abigail Caldwell October 17, 2007 Abigail Caldwell stared at the letter. The letter stared ..
He’s queer, how did I not know…? I mean, he doesn’t look like a fag… Well, I knew… ..
“Want some more café?” Oh, for heaven’s sake. Why did Mami always have to be so beggy? ..
Our class files out for lunch and I scan the cafeteria for Jenna. I’m filled with relief when I find ..
Nilda had said good-bye to her mother at Grand Central Station and, now on board the train, she wondered ..
In a small town in Taiwan… Chapter 1 My favorite is mango flavor but Siu-Lian and Siu-Khing always ..
1 Four Things That Definitely Aren’t My Fault The first thing that’s definitely not my fault ..
“I won’t be gone long.” “How long?” I wanted to know. I needed to know. ..
ONE MONSTER BUSINESS Most kids clear out of the way when I walk down the hall. They’re like campers ..
THE MIRROR HOLDS EXCEPTIONAL POWER Jake couldn’t move. The hand in the mirror was a gray fragility, ..
“Po Po, Po Po,” she said, for she was not only the eldest, she was the most clever, “you ..
Ahmed Nasser hugged his life jacket against himself. It was too small for a boy of fourteen, especially ..
These clouds are a concrete wall! The airplane won’t push past the gray and blue to reach the endless ..
When I was very little I used to watch my big brothers get ready for school. I loved to see them button ..