Sticks & Stones by Abby Cooper is a feel-good middle grade debut with just a dash of magic.Įver since she was a baby, the words people use to describe Elyse have instantly appeared on her arms and legs. They were just words, but they could change my whole life. I looked around the room, thinking about words. Sigafiss would probably see me and read it to everyone or rip it up or something. I was dying to open it, but even if I found a way to read it sneakily, Ms. It had my name on the front, after all, and was taped to my locker. Maybe it was a letter from a secret admirer or a gift certificate to Soup Palace, otherwise known as the Best Place on Earth.īut it had to be something. I reached into my pocket and dug around until I found the folded blue paper again. One word nobody used, though? Mysterious.Īnd right now, that was the most important word of all. They just needed one word each to sum up what they thought a whole year would be like … and, so far, they were right. Like when it came to talking about me going to middle school this year. They have big-time serious meaning all by themselves. They need to hang out together in a book or a song or a text message, or else you’re stuck wrinkling your nose like HUH? That doesn’t make any sense.īut some words don’t need others. Sure, some words need to be around other words to make sense. Some people don’t think that one word can make a difference.
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