All Alone in the Universe by Lynne Rae Perkins

Author:Lynne Rae Perkins [Perkins, Lynne Rae]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Ages 10 & Up
ISBN: 9780062062888
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-10-26T07:00:00+00:00

seven

I HAD THIS IDEA THAT IN SEPTEMBER MAUREEN AND I WOULD walk to school together the way we always had and the awfulness of the summer would just end. Two days before school started, I braced myself and called her on the phone.

“Sure,” she said. “Where have you been? Did you go on another vacation?”

“No,” I said. “I‧ve been around. Just hanging out I guess.” I tried to say it lightly. As if I hadn‧t been left behind and forgotten. A grain of sand at the beach. A footprint on dry cement.

“See you Tuesday then,” I said, all carefree and cheery.

“Great!” said Maureen.

It sounded pretty good. It felt like old times. Maybe I really had imagined things. I could probably get used to Glenna. Maybe I could even learn to like her. Stranger things have happened. Astronauts have walked on the moon.

Three wasn‧t such a bad number. It had to be better than one. Even the Three (three!) Dog Night song, “One is the Loneliest Number,” says that two can be bad, too, but I don‧t think it mentions anything about three. The Three Wise Men seemed to get along all right. Also the Three Little Pigs; Peter, Paul and Mary; the Three Stooges (maybe not the best example); Tom, Dick, and Harry, whoever they are. I would give it a try. How bad could it be?

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