Then she looks to me. âCaddie, why did we stop being friends?â
She doesnât seem worried by what I might say. Itâs a fact that weâre no longer friends, and she says it like that, no emotion attached.
âI stopped taking dance; we went to different schools . . .â
We both know thereâs more to it than that, but Mandy doesnât contradict me.
I think I might have wrecked it with Mandy. I was jealous when she got the academy and I got panic attacks, afraid of her seeing how jealous I was and how strange Iâd become.
Mandyâs stopped twirling the leaf, and she studies me like sheâs making a decision.
âYouâre going to like the theater people,â she tells me, and I feel like Iâve passed a test.
She holds her leaf out to me, but if I take it, our fingers will touch. I wave it away like sheâs handing me a milkshake and Iâm watching my weight. Iâm worried I failed that one, but she says, âLetâs go,â and the leaf falls down between us as we stand.
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She doesnât seem worried by what I might say. Itâs a fact that weâre no longer friends, and she says it like that, no emotion attached.
âI stopped taking dance; we went to different schools . . .â
We both know thereâs more to it than that, but Mandy doesnât contradict me.
I think I might have wrecked it with Mandy. I was jealous when she got the academy and I got panic attacks, afraid of her seeing how jealous I was and how strange Iâd become.
Mandyâs stopped twirling the leaf, and she studies me like sheâs making a decision.
âYouâre going to like the theater people,â she tells me, and I feel like Iâve passed a test.
She holds her leaf out to me, but if I take it, our fingers will touch. I wave it away like sheâs handing me a milkshake and Iâm watching my weight. Iâm worried I failed that one, but she says, âLetâs go,â and the leaf falls down between us as we stand.
Copyright
THE GAME OF BOYS AND MONSTERS . Copyright © 2014 by Rachel M. Wilson. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
EPub Edition © August 2014 ISBN 9780062330581
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
FIRST EDITION
About the Publisher
Australia
HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty. Ltd.
Level 13, 201 Elizabeth Street
Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
www.harpercollins.com.au
Canada
HarperCollins Canada
2 Bloor Street East - 20th Floor
Toronto, ON M4W 1A8, Canada
www.harpercollins.ca
New Zealand
HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand
Unit D1, 63 Apollo Drive
Rosedale 0632
Auckland, New Zealand
www.harpercollins.co.nz
United Kingdom
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
77-85 Fulham Palace Road
London W6 8JB, UK
www.harpercollins.co.uk
United States
HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
195 Broadway
New York, NY 10007
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