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.
Tag: young adult literature
The Lies And Illusions Of Lucy Sparrow
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.