Stanley spent more time pushing the wheelbarrow than digging, because he was such a slow digger. He carted away the excess dirt and dumped it into previously dug holes. He was careful not to dump any of it in the hole where the gold tube was actually found.
Everyone in his family had always liked the fact that “Stanley Yelnats” was spelled the same frontward and backward. So they kept naming their sons Stanley. Stanley was an only child, as was every other Stanley Yelnats before him.
Until he knows he isn’t a monster, how is anybody else supposed to know?
She said his life would be like walking upstream in a rushing river. The secret was to take small steps and just keep moving forward. If he tried to take too big a step, the current would knock him off his feet and carry him back downstream.
Stanley was still digging.
Dameon had hazel eyes with little black dots in the middle of each of them. The dots were called pupils.
SENATOR HALTINGS: Excuse me, did you just say Dr. Crumbly is a vet?
He’s not my dad,” Kaira said. “Just because he married my – As soon as I turn eighteen I’m firing his ass! Then I’ll call you.
You know what? I’m not going to describe anybody else as elderly. Let’s just say that if you take my age and double it, I would still have been the youngest person in the room, by a lot.
Chalkers sat at his desk in the back of the room – last seat, last row. No one sat at the desk next to him or at the one in front of him. He was.
Love and a Dead Rat.
Even the book I’m reading to my class,” said Miss Zarves. “The author makes fun of teachers!
The bad stuff always rose to the top of the brain.
Friends stick by each other when one is down. That is a true test of friendship. But sometimes, it is harder to stick by a friend who is up. That is the ultimate test of friendship.
The guy can’t chew his own food,” said the first boy. “So his dogs have to chew it up for him. Then they spit it out, and then he eats it.
Well, not exactly. I got a C-minus on the paper I wrote about my idea for the ergie. So then.
Myron had named him “Oddly.” Myron had named him oddly. “Is.
The Warden owns the shade.“-Chapter 1.5.
So, you just told him all his cards?” East asked when we returned. “And he’s going to remember them?” asked West. “You can ask me,” my uncle said. “Despite my lack of eyesight, I can hear and speak.
Mushroom Surprise.