Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780375849121
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2008-03-11T04:00:00+00:00

5:00 p.m.

Things are going sour fast. Venus is so nosy! And pushy! She keeps wanting to know what I’m writing in this journal. She even grabbed for it once, but I yanked it away from her.

“What’s the big deal?” she wanted to know. “You keep all your secrets in there?”

“No!” I said, then added, “That would be really stupid, wouldn’t it?”

She reached for it again. “So why won’t you let me see it?”

I knew if I acted too protective of it, she’d get even more curious, so I fanned through it for her and said, “It’s just random stuff, see? Poems and notes about—”

“Poems? You write poems?” She squinted at me like I was the lamest person she’d ever met. “And that’s more than notes. That’s, like, a whole book!”

I shrugged and stuffed the journal inside my backpack. “I’ve been on the road awhile.”

She scowled. “Homeless people don’t keep journals.”

“Why do people keep saying that? What else is there to do? Besides, I’m not homeless.” I smiled at her, trying not to show how mad I was. “I’m a gypsy.”

“A gypsy,” she said, looking at me suspiciously. “And you’re on your way to Oregon.”

“That’s right.”

She got in my face. “You’re a liar, gypsy-girl.”

I stared back at her and said, “Well, you’re not a sea gypsy after all. You’re just mean.” Then I got up and left.

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