It's Six Sentence Sunday, and that means six more sentences from my YA novel, Penance. Lots has gone on since last week's six. Jada makes a new friend on the school bus, a mousy bookworm named Annalee that Jada desperately wants to like her. Annalee talks her into going to the school library (a place Jada has never been in until then) at lunch time and also gets her to check out To Kill a Mockingbird. In chemistry class the next period, Jada's plan is to pretend to read after their quiz in hopes that it will make an impression on Lew Stanton, the nerdy guy she's reluctantly crushing on. But she gets two big surprises: the story grabs her and won't let go, and she's suddenly become a speed reader. Here's the exchange that takes place when Lew asks what part she's on.
“They just found out the hole in the tree is filled with cement.” I stood up and dropped the book into my backpack. “Pretty lousy thing to do if you ask me.”
A slow transformation took place on his face, and I knew he hadn’t believed I was really reading it until then. He was looking at me like he was seeing me for the first time, and my knees actually got weak when he smiled at me. And to think it was all because I finally went in a library.
Yep, libraries are magical places for sure. ;-)
I'll probably do one more week about Penance, then I'll move on to my WIP, Shades of Blue.
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8 comments:
I love that part and the flirting between Jada and Lew. Such a cute scene. And how cool that she discovered that she loved that book and could speed read. Now that's worth being dead. ;-) Great six Joyce.
Aw, great 6, love the whole interaction from what she says to his response and then hers. Well done!
I would read this book even if I didn't sleep with the author.
OMG that is so funny. ROFL What a funny man... :-)
Joyce, your gonna leave me hangin just like that! No more Penance for six sentence? Now I'll probably get hives from the anxiety of needing to know what's next! Could you at least send me some anti itch cream since it's going to be your fault LOL. No really I do enjoy this story and can't wait to read it.
This is an adorable six. :) Thanks for sharing.
Books rock!
All sorts of magical things happen in a library. This is obviously a very special moment in her life, lovely six.
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