Excerpt #22, Rocking-Chair Moon
Mountain View Intermediate School (4-5) Snake-Naked —Ben Tonight, like all the other nights of all the other late-summer...
Excerpt #21, Rocking-Chair Moon
Running Machine, Too —Ben I’m a running machine, I’m a running machine, legs like pistons, breath like steam. Where’s that...
Excerpt #20, Rocking-Chair Moon
Bad News, Good News —Carly Mom came home with a bookstore bag under her arm and a smile on her...
Excerpt #19, Rocking-Chair Moon
Big Kid Now —Ben Third grade’s not so bad. I miss Mrs. Sweeney, but sometimes she stops and asks me...
Excerpt #18, Rocking-Chair Moon
Half-Empty —Carly Through the sliver of an opening in Mom’s door I can see her lying on her messy bed,...
Excerpt #17, Rocking-Chair Moon
Hairy Legs —Ben I don’t know why I have to sing about an eensy, weensy spider. When Mr. Ellison, who...
Excerpt #16, Rocking-Chair Moon
Tears —Carly Mom cried when we stood beside Grandma’s grave and Father Gill talked about ashes and dust. She cried...
Excerpt #15, Rocking-Chair Moon (Catching Up)
Phone Call, 4:23 A.M. —Carly Wide awake, wide-eyed in the dark, wrapped in a cozy blanket on the rug by...
Excerpt #14, Rocking-Chair Moon
Expecting a Call —Ben Grandma hasn’t come to visit us for a long, long time, and Mom says she’s not...
Excerpt #13, Rocking-Chair Moon
Weight On Her Shoulders —Ben Carly’s in her room, writing in her journal as usual, Dad’s in the kitchen on...
