The Storm Makers by Smith Jennifer E
Author:Smith, Jennifer E. [Smith, Jennifer E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Childrens, Paranormal, Young Adult, Adventure, JUV013070, Fantasy
ISBN: 9780316202916
Amazon: 0316202916
Goodreads: 13521379
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2012-01-01T08:00:00+00:00
twenty
LATER, AS SIMON AND OTIS CONTINUED TO PRACTICE, the day around them quiet and still and completely uncooperative, Daisy finished off the last of the doughnuts, licking the powdered sugar from her fingers. When she was done, she turned to Ruby.
âSo whoâs building an energy converter out in your barn?â
Ruby raised her eyebrows. âYou could tell thatâs what it was?â
âOf course,â she said. âItâs a great idea.â
âItâs my dadâs invention. Itâs part of the reason we moved up here.â
âOh yeah?â
âItâs not really working out, though,â Ruby said, unable to hide the catch in her voice. âAnd if it doesnâtâ¦â
Daisy raised her eyebrows.
âThen I guess maybe we move back,â Ruby admitted, pulling at a few blades of grass. âWhich wouldnât be the worst thing, you know? I mean, Dad could be a science teacher again, and Mom could go back to work at the flower shop. And weâd get to live in the suburbs again, instead of out here in the middle of nowhere. Andâ¦â
âAnd?â
âAnd then maybe weâd just be normal kids again,â Ruby said, raising her eyes.
Daisy reached out and placed a hand on hers, just briefly, before taking it away again. She shifted her gaze out past the water and the trees, through the small thicket where the golden fields peeked through. âIâm afraid it doesnât work that way,â she said. âSimon is what he is. It has nothing to do with geography.â
Ruby was silent for a moment. Her brother was now crouched like a frog on the wooden panels of the dock, staring down at the water with a fierce intensity.
âYou know, I was the opposite of you,â Daisy said, leaning back. âWe lived up here when I was little, my dad and me, and then we moved down to Chicago when I was about your age.â
âHow come?â
âHe got a big job with the Society,â she said, smiling. âAnd it wouldâve been a mighty long commute.â
âDid you always know he was a Storm Maker, your dad?â
âNot at all,â Daisy said, shaking her head. âYouâre a complete exception to the rule. Usually even the families never know.â
âSo what did you think he was?â
âHe was a mechanic,â she said. âThat was his first love. We used to spend hours out in our old garage together. I knew he was fascinated by the weather, tooâalways keeping an eye on the sky, obsessing over the satellite pictures on the newsâbut I didnât find out until much later, when I flared up myself. As a kid, I never could have imagined he had this whole secret life as the Secretary of Hailstorms down at headquarters.â
âBut he always planned to go back to being a mechanic?â
Daisy nodded. âHe did,â she said. âBut thatâs the thing. Itâs not like a job or a hobby or a piece of clothing you can just take off whenever you feel like it. You canât ever give it up entirely. Itâs a part of you, being a Storm Maker. You donât have to be all that involved with the Society, but you still have to play by their rules.
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