I vividly remember sixth grade. It's the year when kids turn mean, and it's definitely no longer okay to cry in public. So we force our hot tears back, and they burn our throats all the way down.
Nearly every notable event in 'Wake' has a date or a time stamp.
I love Chris Crutcher, Sara Zarr, Lois Lowry, Elizabeth Scott, Madeleine L'Engle, Gordon Korman, Michelle Magorian, Heather Bouwman.
I would like to be able to disappear whenever I do something dorky.
It's just the end of some things. And the beginning of others.
