Out of the Woods

Tuesday, January 04, 2022

Out of the Woods: Chapter 31  

And then Mr. Shine and Rabbi Stark together leaped forward and tackled the Boss

Normal

Tuesday, January 04, 2022

Normal: Chapter 4

Alarm bells. What is Kayla going to do now, while the whole class is watching?

Out of the Woods

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Out of the Woods: Chapter 30

“Did you— did you tell her what you told us? About the boys going to the police station?” Rabbi Stark asked, his voice shaking

Normal

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Normal: Chapter 3        

Ma throws stuff into the Ninja: strawberries, pineapple, dates, ice cubes . Like a smoothie will make everything better. Mimi scowls

Double Take

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Not in My Backyard

Who parked these OTD teens in my sheltered backyard?

Normal

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Normal: Chapter 2     

“Wait — your bag, what about the bag I bought you?” she splutters, pointing

Normal

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Normal: Chapter 1      

Mimi grabs a basket. The brown bag, a set of notebooks, matching binders. Neat and sleek and most importantly, totally, utterly, blessedly normal

Out of the Woods

Tuesday, December 07, 2021

Out of the Woods: Chapter 27  

“I don’t believe it. Of all the places we had to go for help, it was there— and he’s in with the gang!”

Out of the Woods

Wednesday, December 01, 2021

Out of the Woods: Chapter 26

“One second, Elchanan. Look out the window — it’s not our parents, and it doesn’t look like the search party, either"

Double Take

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Charitable Allowance

Why was a charity case jetting off on vacation?

Forever Grateful

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

An Explosion of Gratitude  

“Shema Yisrael,” I started, accepting the inevitable as my strength gave way