ROUTINE Everyone probably assumes my life is very boring. Strictly speaking, they’re not wrong. ..
Through the school bus window, Unhei looked out at the strange buildings and houses on the way to her new school. ..
With a GRIND and a CLANK, our old van slows to a stop. Mom can’t start it. Monster waves from the roadside. ..
Rule Number Four TEN DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL let out, Mama announced that summer was canceled. She didn’t ..
A New Wild and Precious Day After sleeping for fourteen hours, Abby woke to the smell of French toast, ..
Hush! Who’s that shrieking through the forest? “HOOM-PRAAA! HOOM-PRAA!” A great big elephant. ..
FOR MY ENTIRE life, La Cocina de la Isla has closed on Sundays. Year after year customers have begged ..
1 They say the day the Governor arrived, the ravens did too. All the smaller birds flew backward into ..
MAYO CORNELIUS HIGGINS RAISED HIS ARMS HIGH TO THE SKY and spread them wide. He glanced furtively around. ..
Once, when I was a little kid, this newscaster guy asked me if my dad was my biggest hero. No, I said. ..
I settle onto the couch with the chocolate pudding I saved from Friday’s school lunch. This silence ..
I wasn’t fast enough. Abuela appears behind me, already dressed with her makeup on, hair in a perfect ..
This was the secret thing Hanako felt about old people: she really didn’t understand them. It seemed ..
Clap, clap, clap Epic solo, Nic! […] What took you so long, song? Granddaddy! Look who’s ..
GRACIE SAID MAMI WAS RIGHT TO slap me. She thought I deserved it for what I said. But there were things ..
1 when guts fry FOR MY ENTIRE life, La Cocina de la Isla has closed on Sundays. Year after year customers ..
Excerpt from Chapter 3. A Bad Older Sister Halmoni and Sunhi walked to Sunhi’s parents’ ..
When I first moved here, I tried to tell him about our family and tried to teach him how to draw, but he doesn’t ..
Sophie is supposed to help out around the house, and that’s bad enough. But then her mother comes up with ..
Babygirl doesn’t even cry when I suck my teeth and undo her braid for the fourth time. If anything, ..
