

I told her _ being dead is like a long-fingered claw that keeps scratching at my heart. After I finished the book, Connie fixed up a spot in the study room with a pillow. Tears and snot just about came out of my butt, I cried so hard. Connie said to keep reading and keep breaking, like that was easy. "I couldn't eat because the book made me cry so hard, I couldn't even breathe.

He became Travis's mom and dad and a couple of brothers thrown in. Travis's dad died in an accident three months later, and then Rosco forgot all about being anyone's dog. "Grandpa always said a good dog needs work, and the night Travis's mom went to the hospital and didn't come back, Rosco found his job.

But because I'm subversive' -he turned and wrote the word on the board as he talked- '(look it up if you don't know what it means, and it will be on the vocabulary text next week), I am actually going to try to teach you a passion for the written word.'" (p. 'I'm supposed to teach you how to take the standardized reading tests so you won't be the child left behind. Snatch of Text: "McQueen stepped in front of the room.
