It’s just you in the Tilt-A-Whirl cart until Jimmy Miller slips in beside you. He reeks of cigarette smoke, and you want to grind an elbow into his stomach and tell him to find another cart.
Tag: friendship
Tilt-A-Whirl
The Lies And Illusions Of Lucy Sparrow
by Sharry Wright
Young Adult Winner, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature
Today is the day my new life begins. One hundred and twenty-three days since we sailed from New York harbor bound for San Francisco. Seventy-one days since I buried Mother at sea.
In the Middle of the Night
by Catey Miller
Honorable Mention, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature
Twenty-one days ago, exactly one month before Layla and I were set to move to different states for different colleges, I was lying on the couch in Layla’s family’s den, pretending to be asleep while she and her mom, Ellen, had a loud fight.