Ruby in the Sky by Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo

Author:Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

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When the last bell rang, I fell in among the piles of kids pushing their way outside. The steel-gray sky seemed to press back.

That’s when I saw her.

At the edge of the parking lot, looking like a shapeless creature in her patched coat and blizzard of scarves, was Abigail. Her hands fidgeted as she scanned the crowd. She looked like a kid who had lost her mother.

As kids bumped past me, I heard, “Hey, isn’t that the Bird Lady?” “What is she doing here?” “Weird!”

I hunched my shoulders as I climbed onto the bus, but my eyes remained fixed on Abigail.

As the bus pulled away, Abigail’s gaze suddenly locked on to mine. I stared back, wanting to hide but unable to pull away. I watched her mouth curl into a smile as her hand raised in a small wave.

“Stalker!” Dakota said. Ellen laughed.

I stared down at my own hands, wondering why they didn’t wave back.

“Wait until I tell my dad she was at school,” Dakota said.

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