Margaret Peterson Haddix by Among the Impostors

Author:Among the Impostors [Impostors, Among the]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-07-10T21:00:00+00:00

that tree. Just to make a fool of himself. Looking around, he could see how the other boys could have missed noticing his efforts, and trampled his garden by mistake. This had been a pathetic excuse for a garden. He’d been pathetic for ever thinking it was anything, let alone anything worth taking a risk for. He wished he could go back and hide behind a tree forever.

Jackal boy started laughing first

“You thought this was a garden? You were sneaking out here to make a garden?” he asked.

The others began to snicker, too. Luke’s shame turned into anger.

“So?” he asked, defiant again.

“So you are a lecker,” jackal boy said. He was laughing so hard, he doubled over in mirth. “A real lecker.”

“You always say that,” Luke grumbled. “I don’t even know what a lecker is.”

“Someone from the country” Trey explained helpfully. ‘Like a bumpkin. That’s what it really means. But now the word’s just kind of a general insult, like calling someone a moron or stupid.”

Luke thought Trey almost sounded apologetic, but that only made things worse.

“What’s wrong with being from the country?” Luke asked.

“If you have to ask.. . ,“ jackal boy said, laughing again. He had to sit down on the rotting stump to catch his breath. Luke hoped he got mold smears on his pants.

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