The Spell Book Of Listen Taylor by Jaclyn Moriarty

Author:Jaclyn Moriarty
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Friday night at the Zing Family Secret Meeting, Fancy told Marbie she had run in to Nathaniel at Coles the previous afternoon. He was buying tangerines. He looked sad. He had bleached his hair white-blond with sprouting black roots and a jagged short cut. Also, he was wearing a long black overcoat which floated, moodily, to the laces of his ankle-high boots.

“How terrible,” Marbie said, about Nathaniel’s bleached hair.

“No,” said Fancy thoughtfully. “No. It works. It’s entirely sexy.”

“Nathaniel? It’s me.”

“Oh, hello.”

“Don’t hang up, okay? I just wanted to let you know that I’ll get the mortgage payments on our apartment, okay? While you’re—until you get back, I’ll cover them, okay? In case you were worried. You know how it’s due next week?”

“Yep.”

“Everyone misses you, you know. The meeting last night was stupid without you, it was so—And Fancy says she saw you at Coles and you’ve changed your hair, and she says it looks good.”

“Okay. Two things. First, I told your sister not to worry about the Secret, so I’ll tell you that too. It’s safe with me, okay? Second, in relation to the apartment: When you can afford to refund my half of the deposit, send me a check, and I’ll transfer my share to you. Everything else, you can keep.”

He had carved off most of his voice, and the leftover bit was as cold as a dental instrument. Marbie had to close her eyes.

“Uh-huh,” she breathed, with her eyes still closed. “If that’s what you think.”

“That’s what I think.”

A dwarf pygmy sea horse is only about 3 centimeters long.That’s the size of my little finger. A blue whale can grow to a length of 28 meters. That’s three times as tall as our school library.

“Hey, Nathaniel, it’s me.”

There was silence.

“Nathaniel? Can you hear me? It’s me. It’s Marbie.”

“I know who it is.”

“I just forgot to say something when I called earlier.”

“What did you forget to say?”

“I forgot to say, um, happy Saturday. It’s Saturday today.”

“Yes, Marbie, it’s Saturday.”

“Can I speak to Listen?”

“She’s busy.”

“I want to tell her good luck at Cassie’s school on Monday.”

“She’s in the campervan. She didn’t want to be disturbed.”

“Nathaniel? Can I see you? So I can tell you how sorry I am?”

“Nope.”

Marbie was still staring at the phone, wondering at its power, when it rang again. It was the aeronautical engineer.

“Come for lunch?” he said. “Today? I’ve got a picnic!”

“I haven’t heard from you for two weeks,” she said.

“I know!”

A Spell to Make Somebody Eat a Piece of Chocolate Cake

1. Take up rock climbing!

2. Stop rock climbing!

3. Take it up again!

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