“She appreciates morbid humour, but most people don’t. They don’t get that life can be funny AND tragic at the same time, like in those old Road Runner cartoons my dad loves, where an anvil falls on Wile E. Coyote’s head and you’re supposed to laugh even though obviously it’s not funny for Wile E. …
“Truly lucky people have a lot of bad things happen to them along with the good…and yet, even the worst of them always seem to lead somewhere worth going,” (Stevenson 338). Viola and Wilmur have been waiting for their parents to return to them, but after fifteen years of waiting it seems less and less likely …
“‘My dear Prue, we are the inheritors of a wonderful world, a beautiful world, full of life and mystery, goodness and pain. But likewise we are the children of an indifferent universe. We break our own hearts imposing our moral order on what is, by nature, a wide web of chaos,’” (Meloy 380). After her little …
“When something amazing happens, it’s natural to want to tell somebody, if only to confirm that you’re not losing your mind…And this mystery was definitely stressful…First he needed to conduct some experiments,” (Brosgol 60). When Oliver’s Great-Aunt Barb whom he never met dies and leaves her apartment to his mom, it feels like a fresh …
“Welcome, Lucy! We’re so glad you decided to join us. We’re going to have so much fun,” (Goebel 104). After being bullied at her school in San Francisco, sixth grader Lucy is eager to start over in rural Alaska. She’s had to meet her new classmates virtually due to the extreme weather, but now that …
“It’s a feeling that comes from inside a person. A brightness certain people possess that makes them unique. Your heart glows especially bright, Kess Pedrock,” (Averling 116). Kess Pedrock’s life is unnatural. Her favourite hobby is looking for megafauna fossils and skeletons, she lives in her family’s Unnatural History Museum, and her best friend is …
“Maybe I don’t wanna fight a dragon. Maybe I wanna be a dragon. I’m going to write a campaign and I’m going to be the Dungeon Master this time. The Dragon Master Dungeon Master,” (Formato 16). Things aren’t going well for Riley Henderson. She has to take the bus to school now, make herself an afterschool …
“I think it’s time for me to decide what to be. I can’t go on being nothing forever, can I?” (Blume). Almost twelve-year-old Margaret Simon has just moved from New York City to Farbrook, New Jersey and is settling in well. She has three new friends, a secret club, and is happy to belong with a …
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