In my ‘hood, battles is fought every day. . Some on the street corner, some in the park. Warriors ..
There is a forest behind my trailer, through the weeds and under the gate and across the trickly, oily ..
I was born with water on the brain. Okay, so that’s not exactly true. I was actually born with ..
IT’S SIMON BARNES HERE. BUT EVERY– body calls me the Notorious D.O.G., because I might be little ..
IT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. ACTUALLY, IT WAS THE nineteenth day of school, but it was my first day, ..
1 Until last summer I thought the only thing I had in common with that whale on the beach was a name. ..
This is a story about Susan. Draped permanently on the back of Susan’s chair is a sweater embroidered ..
“The two of us looked out at the blue sky. The bare chestnut tree glistening with dew, the seagulls ..
When Ben-o came over on Saturday for movie night, my dad answered the door wearing gray silk pajama bottoms ..
When leaves are all turning bright orange and red And it’s time for the rakes to come out of our shed… ..
CHAPTER 1 ROYAL WE MY FIFTH-GRADE TEACHER ONCE said that Tara and I were the Royal We. “We didn’t ..
I don’t recognize my name at roll call the first time. The teacher says it like it’s too hard ..
1° MOMS HAD WARNED ME I’d get deep in trouble one day. I shoulda believed her. Today was that ..
A Siamese cat crouched on a tree branch, peering down at Gaby with brilliant blue eyes. It cried out. ..
“Why can’t we just call her Aunt Lola?” Miguel asks his mother. Tomorrow their aunt ..
Sitting on my stoop when I was five, not like Timmy or Johnny, or even Mark. Though I wanted a name like ..
I’m idling in my car even though I pulled into my driveway at least ten minutes ago, nervously ..
Is hard to be five. I’m little no more. Good old days are gone. ‘Bye one, two three four. ..
When I look back, I can’t help thinking that maybe I could have prepared for what was coming. But of course, ..
I’m gonna like me when I jump out of bed, from my giant big toe to the braids on my head. I’m ..
I couldn’t tell if he genuinely meant the things he said or if it was all talk. He really liked ..
But the sun didn’t shine on Hamilton like it did Bayside. It was almost as if it avoided it completely, ..
There was once an old manor house in the countryside, with walls and deep channels surrounding it. Between ..
Where are you from? they ask. Is your mom from here! Is your dad from there? they ask. I ask Abacio because ..
