Hancock Park by Isabel Kaplan

Author:Isabel Kaplan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009-11-12T22:00:00+00:00

After school, I headed to Yes!, a novelty store and, come October, costume store. It was just down the block from what I’d started thinking of as Therapists’ Row. I’d parked along the side street that was in between June Kauffman’s and Sara Elder’s buildings, and I quickened my pace as I passed both.

The store was packed with last-minute shoppers roaming the aisles of tacky costumes wrapped in plastic bags.

I waded through an aisle that was labeled WOMEN but looked more like it should say SLUTS. To my left, a girl slipped on a ladybug tube dress. “Can I help you?” a petite salesperson in a revealing Snow White costume asked me.

“I’m not exactly sure what I’m looking for,” I said, suddenly wishing that I weren’t wearing my school uniform.

The conversation I’d had with June the day before played in my head.

“Well, what do you want to dress up as?” she’d asked, when I told her I was stressing about what to wear to P & H. “What would you be comfortable dressing up as?”

I’d stared at the tapestry on the wall opposite me. “I don’t know.”

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