How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow

Author:Kathleen Glasgow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2019-04-08T16:00:00+00:00

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After Thaddeus drops me off, I keep my eyes straight ahead, ignoring the sidelong looks and whispery giggles as I walk to the front doors of Field. The desert warrior needs no one. She walks a path of loneliness and heartache. Head straight to my locker. Put the brown bag LaLa shoved into my hands inside. It’s weird to bring a lunch. I got so used to Cake bringing me something to eat.

I tense up, listening for any whispers behind my back, but there’s nothing. Just the sound of kids shuffling around, sneakers squeaking on the floor. Maybe the hat and the boots are protecting me, after all. A shield.

In zero, Lupe isn’t there, and I feel relieved. Kelsey Cameron leans over. “What was up with you in that car? Taran says you went to a foster house. Is that true?” Before I can answer, Tina Carillo puts her hand on my arm and says, “I’m really sorry about your mom.”

Besides Walrus Jackson, she’s the first one at school to say something nice to me about my mom and it takes me by surprise. I knit my hands together super hard, super hurtful, so that I can stop the swell of tears behind my eyes. “Thanks,” I say softly.

Ms. Perez claps her hands together. “Okay, people. Hats and hands, hats and hands.” That’s our cue to take off ball caps and whatever else is on our heads, to put our phones away, and put our hands on the tables. I drag off the hat LaLa gave me and slide it onto my lap. It feels good to hold it, to have something to concentrate on, because all of a sudden, I can feel Mae-Lynn Carpenter’s eyes on me from across the room, hard and dark, and her voice from my mom’s viewing rings through my brain.

Welcome to the Big Suck.

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