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Adam Rex _ The True Meaning of Smekday
You know that part in the story where the character thinks, I bet I didn't really see a ghost after all. I bet it was just a sheet. Wearing chains. Floating through our pantry. Shrieking. I bet it was just my imagination. You know how you always kind of hate characters who think that? You hate them, and you know you'd never be so stupid not to know a ghost when you saw one, especially when the title of your story is The Shrieking Specter, for God's sake, pardon my language. This is that part of the story. You
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Adam Rex _ The True Meaning of Smekday
My birth certificate says "Gratuity Tucci," but Mom's called me Turtlebear ever since she learned that "gratuity" didn't mean what she thought it did. My friends call me Tip. I
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Adam Rex _ Cold Cereal
The Fay have always preferred a good story over a well-thought plan.
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Adam Rex _ The True Meaning of Smekday
You know what's weird, though? It's weird that the ark would be such a kids' story, you know? I mean, it's…really a story about death. Every person who isn't in Noah's family? They die. Every animal, apart from the two of each on the boat? They die. They all die in the flood. Billions of creatures. It's the worst tragedy ever," I finished, my voice tied off by a knot in my chest. I'd been speaking too fast without breathing, and I sucked down air before speaking again.
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Adam Rex _ Champions of Breakfast
I'm part fairy,' said John. There was a quiet pause, and he eyed the man. 'Is that a problem?' 'No, sir. The United States military is very accepting of that sort of thing nowadays.
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Adam Rex _ Smek for President!
Ohh!" said J.Lo. "Oooooh! My tummy!"I set him down. "Are you okay? I thought they missed us.""It...must not work on humans. Feel like i could marf....Like I could marf right out my poomp," J.Lo insisted.
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Adam Rex _ The True Meaning of Smekday
J.Lo looked miserable. You wouldn't think you could tell that when a person's wearing a ghost suit, but you can.
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Adam Rex _ Cold Cereal
Aw, hewwo, widdle Chihuahua," she said. "Hewwo.
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Adam Rex _ Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of
Sejal had not often thought of her home, or of India as a whole, as cool. She was dimly aware, however, of a white Westerner habit of wearing other cultures like T-shirts-the sticker bindis on club kids, sindoor in the hair of an unmarried pop star, Hindi characters inked carelessly on tight tank tops and pale flesh. She knew Americans liked to flash a little Indian or Japanese or African. They were always looking for a little pepper to put in their dish.
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Adam Rex _ Smek for President!
Who wants a leader who wants to be leader?" And I could see his point there. I've always sort of thought we ought to keep a close eye on anyone who wants power over others.
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Adam Rex _ The True Meaning of Smekday
So I sang the first Italian song that came into my head, which turned out to be "Volare." I'm sure I need not mention at this point that I am a rock star, and it sounded fantastic. J.Lo
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Adam Rex _ The True Meaning of Smekday
Once I was in a bicycle accident, and I lay in the street for a long time afterward. People surrounded me and wouldn't let me stand up until the paramedics arrived. When they did, they asked if I knew who the president was, and what state I lived in, and how much was three times seven. When I answered everything correctly they seemed pleased, so they asked my name and I said "Gratuity," and then they wouldn't let me up until I told them it was "Janet." Anyway,
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