After drinking eight cups in a row, then walking home from school, then waiting for the elevator, then digging out my key and unlocking the door to our apartment, then dashing down the hall to the bathroom, I really had to pee. I mean, really. But Fudge was already in there, sitting on the toilet, turning the pages of Arthur the Anteater.
I love to watch to him while he sleeps. Besides everything else he is really my best friend now. It’s a different kind of friendship... It makes me wish I could share every day with him.
Roses are red Violets are blue I am your brother And you are mine, too.
But you have to be sure you can handle the situation before you jump into it.
What I worry about most is the loss to young people. If no one speaks out for them, if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will be the most bland books available. And instead of finding the information they need at the library, instead of finding the novels that illuminate life, they will find only those materials to which nobody could possibly object.
So many adults are exhausting themselves worrying about other people corrupting their children with books, they’re turning kids off to reading instead of turning them on.
And I’m Hermione from –.
How can I stop worrying when I don’t know if I’m going to turn out normal?” “I promise, you’ll turn out normal.” Are.
Miri, sweetheart – life is hard,” Henry said, “but it’s worth the struggle.
Trouble in our family is spelled with a capital C and has been as long as I can remember. The C stands for Charles. He’s my older brother, two years and four months older to be exact. Ever since the phone call about him last night, I’ve felt incredibly tense. And now, at this very minute, my parents are driving up to Vermont, to Charles’s boarding school, to find out if he’s actually been kicked out or if he’s just been suspended again. I.
But I am the greatest sister in the history of the world.
Victoria closes her eyes, breathing in the familiar scent, and for a moment it’s as if they’ve never been apart. They’re still Vixen and Cassandra, summer sisters forever. The rest is a mistake, a crazy joke.
Live for the moment. There might be no tomorrow. And even if there is, nobody really gives a damn.
Some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them.
How many times had Rusty reminded Miri, You’re my only child. You’re my life. So when it comes to doing stupid things, don’t. Because I couldn’t stand it if I lost you. Do you understand? Now Miri thought she understood. There was a burden to being the only child.
What’s next on your reading list? Discover.
Nobody ever worries about me the way they worry about Fudge. If I decided not to eat they’d probably never even notice!
She’d learned a long time ago to look ahead, not back. What’s done is done. Make the best of it and move on.
I thought how great it would be if we could trade in Fudge for a nice cocker spaniel.
Then remember what I’m telling you. Keep your feelings to yourself. Don’t ever show anyone your disappointment.