Battle of the Books - Practice Deck 4 Flashcards
The power will remain off for eight minutes.
Janitors
“Who’s your aunt anyhow?” I called out.” Are you my sister’s boyfriend?”
Glory Be
“The BEM is a very old agency. It oversees the maintenance of schools across the U.S.”
Janitors
“The thing looked way smaller than a normal cell phone.”
Mousenet
“It’s the perfect excuse not to go back to class and to give you lovebirds endless swirlies.”
Janitors
Then, without a sound the lights turned off.
Janitors
The spit bomb made a fast descent and landed with a splat on Jen McNeal’s new back-to-school shoes.
Janitors
Without the crackle and pop of the intercom, the secretary sounded much younger.
Janitors
He belched in unison with the bell, trying to make his burp last longer.
Janitors
But one doesn’t beat the Bureau of Educational Maintenance.
Janitors
“The blobs will be an excellent source of power for cell phones and music players!”
Mousenet
“Terrible thing, permanent marker,” she said, examining her own reflection before replacing the makeup mirror in her purse.
Janitors
Julia used watercolors to paint Ruby for art class.
The One and Only Ivan
“The glove won’t harm you.”
Janitors
“I’m busy texting the sewer police. Got to tell them to expect two newcomers from toilet number one.”
Janitors
“You just made it all up for attention. And so you could draw on my face.”
Janitors
“Subject is female about 2/3 size, red hair in ropes at back, crested in front.”
Mousenet
“She’d never been away from her mom for more than a day or two in her life, and she had no idea what it would feel like.”
Mousenet
Not only was the accident newsworthy, but several mysterious events surrounding the collapse of the classroom also gained the media’s attention.
Janitors
“They are suggesting I remove all he chairs so anyone they think doesn’t belong here won’t be welcome to sit down.”
Glory Be
As though he had tripped some unseen sensor, a black dog came tearing around the corner, barking, teeth bared.
Janitors
Domain.
The One and Only Ivan
He couldn’t bring himself to snack without washing and he couldn’t wash without leaving his tidy sanctuary.
Janitors
No sooner did his feet touch the floor than the sound of a revving vacuum hit him from the side.
Janitors
“Forests can’t grow next to mountains. You’re going to get an F.”
Janitors
“Should we fire him now, he would vanish for a time, then pop up again somewhere else. Like a bad weed.”
Janitors
Four children with matching brown hair and a smattering of freckles moved to the front of the bus.
Janitors
He was everything a silverback was meant to be: a guide, a teacher, a protector.
The One and Only Ivan
One day, a still day when the hot air hummed, the humans came.
The One and Only Ivan
He never should have left her alone. She really could have been hurt.
Janitors
“Not a very romantic place for your first date, Doofus.”
Janitors
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
The One and Only Ivan
“And no,” she punctuated, “I will not be holding your hand.”
Janitors
If I’m telling the truth, then tomorrow you’ll see what I see.
Janitors
Maybe if I didn’t get there and read the sign, the pool wasn’t closed.
Glory Be
“All those outsiders here in town might try to make us swim with colored children. And go to school with them.”
Glory Be
He carries the claw stick with him all the time now.
The One and Only Ivan
“My mother keeps reminding me we’re here to help,” she said.
Glory Be
“I might not go to the stupid celebration anyhow.” I twisted my ponytail.
Glory Be
“She sort of hoped kids from her class would come up and talk to her, and sort of hoped they wouldn’t.”
Mousenet
This baby’s never let us down. She patted the dashboard.
Janitors
There were strawberry, caramel, butterscotch, and chocolate- four bottles of syrup just for him!
Janitors
“Keep working on your maps, boys and girls,” Miss Sharmelle instructed.
Janitors
“Talks or touches mouse: no EEEK, A+.”
Mousenet
“Their arms shot out like frog tongues going for a fly.”
Janitors
Like rotten meat, with a hint of papaya.
The One and Only Ivan
Truth be told, Mrs. Natcher did smell a little like cabbage sometimes, but she was still tolerable.
Janitors
It was a long walk from the elementary school, and the urgency of their mission made it seem even longer.
Janitors
“We will not”–she stopped to take a deep breath–“be removing”–another breath–“library chairs.”
Glory Be
They passed through a set of doors and found themselves in the school library.
Janitors
“I told you, the sheep girl’s weird.”
Mousenet
“A few of our citizens would like to see our town shot down tight.”
Glory Be
We’ll come out right in Mrs. Cleveland’s room. They won’t expect us to pop out of the ceiling.
Janitors
“You may worship the ground your mean, ugly brother walks on, but I never want to lay eyes on him again as long as I live.”
Glory Be
Is there anything sweeter that the touch of another as she pulls a dead bug from your fur?
The One and Only Ivan
“I’ll be out in the field again, doing research on endangered animals. This time it’s the hairy-nose wombat.”
Mousenet
For some unknown reason, it didn’t max out at fifty like all the other supplies.
Janitors
You don’t know how hard it was to fall asleep last night. I was like a walking nighlight.
Janitors
When she finished, he felt smaller than a toothpick.
Janitors
“I’ll never, ever, ever get you in a situation like that again, even if the boss orders me to do it.”
Mousenet
Shouts up the hallway confirmed that the parents were looking for him.
Janitors
“The Captain stood in front with a drinking straw, pointing to the key that someone should land on next.”
Mousenet
“TALLAHASSEE WELCOMES J.J. FISHER!”
Mousenet
Since you were waiting until 6 o’clock U decided to start early-when you were least expecting it.
Janitors
“They inhale brain waves of young people and exhale certain toxins that affect children’s ability to learn.”
Janitors
“Is somebody fixing the broken part of the fence over by our mimosa tree?”
Glory Be
Plugging the other nostril, he exhaled hard, blowing out the M&M and catching it on his waiting tongue.
Janitors
Right now I would give all the yogurt raisins in all the world for a heart made of ice.
The One and Only Ivan
It’s hard to believe there is a connection across time and space, linking me to a race of ill-mannered clowns.
The One and Only Ivan
“Do you want to bounce, Max, or do you want ice cream?”
Janitors
He’d had this problem in his old school-falling asleep even when he really wanted to learn what the teacher was explaining.
Janitors
Since I’m headed south, I’ll do my best to pick up some new clues.
Janitors
Jen was alternately blotting off her shoe and drying the tears of her sobbing friend.
Janitors
She hesitated. “I’ve never been in a boy’s bathroom before.”
Janitors
There were big white buckets on the center tables- gallons of ice cream in a variety of flavors.
Janitors
Make eye contact. Show your form. Strut.
The One and Only Ivan
If I’m not there you’ll find a spare key under a clay pot on the front porch.
Janitors
His trip to the principal’s office obviously hadn’t been enough to inspire good behavior.
Janitors
There was no time to explain everything, such as why he was wearing a princess backpack and holding a mop and broom.
Janitors
A twelve year old boy flying through a second story window was always going to be a surprise.
Janitors
The well-aimed dust struck the fat man and the skinny man, bringing them to their faces on the gym floor.
Janitors
He tightened the straps on his pink backpack and dug into the bush for the other supplies.
Janitors
Every where is my home.
The One and Only Ivan
“That girl would argue with a signpost. But your sister’s just growing up.”
Glory Be
Another portion of the roof caved in. Plumes of dust rose from the rubble like swirling, pale ghosts.
Janitors
The boy clung to it, the only tangible evidence of what he’d done. A memorial to utter destruction.
Janitors
“I just hope he shows up before it gets too dark to play Kick the Can.”
Glory Be
“Wait up. Why’d he call you Elvis?” I asked.
Glory Be
Afternoon cartoons on the big flat-screen TV attracted them like moths to a porch light.
Janitors
I shut our bedroom door, then sneaked out her Junk Poker shoe box.
Glory Be
Her eyes shifted nervously from the clock to her worksheet and back to the clock.
Janitors
Do you have any idea how far away the Best Western is from here?
Janitors
The girl nodded, hefting the nude hall pass like a club.
Janitors
Desperate to save his island, Juan snatched up his map and flipped the spit wad forward.
Janitors
She scooted mushrooms from the spaghetti sauce off to one side of her plate, twirled a noodle, picked at a bite of chicken.
Glory Be
“Focus all your energy on your secret mission and bring Jamison down.”
Janitors
We call that bag the Vortex.
Janitors
“I’ll miss you like crazy, but it really is time you got to know your dad.”
Mousenet
“The head of the Talking Academy tells me he’s the best of the bunch.”
Mousenet
It’s hard to stand on your hind legs when you weigh more than forty men.
The One and Only Ivan
The hammer gives him power, and the nail sets up a link with the building.”
Janitors
But it was hard to ignore somebody who’d been your best friend all your life.
Glory Be
But don’t be surprised if they show up in a classroom. They can go anywhere.
Janitors
The mess in this house was maddening.
Janitors
His backpack was still there, but someone had flicked soapy bubble solution on one of the shoulder straps.
Janitors
It’s a big wall. But it’s a big pile of dirt, and I am a big artist.
The One and Only Ivan
“I want you to take me to the Ducks game at Stanford. And then to Great America.”
Mousenet
“But you saw. They were going to dump bad milk on me.”
Janitors
“I want you to keep an eye out for damage from climate change, like dried up rivers and dead forests.”
Mousenet
His closet door was open, the hamper overturned, and dirty clothes strewn across the floor.
Janitors
A shaggy form filled the doorway, a sawed-off push broom in his hands.
Janitors
Sure, he was getting attention, but it wasn’t the good kind.
Janitors
“The feet that were on her shoulder now just felt creepy.”
Mousenet
On the lawn outside was the bouncy castle with a pile of shoes beside it.
Janitors
The poor fella was caught between bouts of distraction and fatigue so severe he could hardly eat.
Janitors
On Monday evening, there is an ice cream social at the school from six to eight.
Janitors
A thread of courage had formed when he told the truth.
Janitors
“You’re wearing socks? In the summer? Black socks? What’s the matter with you, Yankee?”
Glory Be
It’s called clicker training.
The One and Only Ivan
For the most part, we were happy to do what we were meant to do: to feed and forage and nap and play
The One and Only Ivan
Max merely hissed at his older brother, exposing a chipped front tooth.
Janitors
“Have you been reading about the civil rights workers in the paper?”
Glory Be
At last, he was holding a fragment of wood about a square foot in size–the School Board.
Janitors
“Plenty of people up North need help.”
Glory Be
“Then, at lunch recess I met some aliens. They were pretty cool and showed me their ray guns and stuff.”
Janitors
Somewhere in the bathroom is the nail.
Janitors
Last winter her foot swelled to twice its normal size. I am a gifted eater.
The One and Only Ivan
Do you think that I’ll die in this domain someday?
The One and Only Ivan
How some friends seem born into your life and others just pop up when you need them. But shouldn’t a sister be both kinds of friends?
Glory Be
“Garth Hadley, regional representative for the Bureau of Educational Maintenance,” the man affirmed with a curt nod.
Janitors
me-balls
The One and Only Ivan
Kinyani chases me. I know she is testing me to see if I am a true silverback.
The One and Only Ivan
She tracks a circle in the sawdust.
The One and Only Ivan
“Then Stuart Little sat up in his car, with Johnny Town Mouse in the passenger seat.”
Mousenet
“He likes it if you call him respectful titles like ‘Emperor Fatso,’ or ‘Honorable Senator Blimp.’”
Janitors
“Take three deep breaths, because it can’t hurt and it might help.”
Mousenet
“The ticket to a football game. The map of Great America.”
Mousenet
“She imagined being led through a mouse hole into a secret world, like Alice following the white rabbit to Wonderland.”
Mousenet
People came from far and wide to have their pictures taken with me
The One and Only Ivan
One thing seemed clear: Marv was nervous about the BEM’s visit.
Janitors
Without a sidewalk to follow, the four kids moved along the weed-infested edge of the road.
Janitors
After a lesson on geography, Miss Sharmelle had started the students creating maps of imaginary lands.
Janitors
With a cautious glance over his shoulder, he logged into his e-mail and typed as fast as he could.
Janitors
They feed on trash and litter. Those things can palate almost anything-scraps of food, paper, plastic, rubber, . You name it.
Janitors
It’s been a longtime since I’ve seen a western that was also a romance.
The One and Only Ivan
“But they’re not quite bats, are they? And they’re not really rodents.”
Janitors
Steve’s been keeping this in his desk since the first day of school. Should be nice and rotten by now.
Janitors
She is terrifying. And beautiful, like a painting that moves.
The One and Only Ivan
He’d never punched anyone before and it ended up hurting his hand a lot worse than he thought.
Janitors
“Always a good idea to start with saying something nice. Leave the vinegar till the end.”
Glory Be
Through the wavy glass of the office door, he could see only vague outlines and flickering shadows.
Janitors
Gerald was my favorite keeper.
The One and Only Ivan
“The Main Library is not in the best part of town, and he’d had a brief scuffle with a rat, who took a tiny piece of his ear.”
Mousenet
It seemed so ordinary. My desk is the School Board.
Janitors
It’s nice I think, having a fellow artist around.
The One and Only Ivan
She says, “It’s quite a belly, my friend”, and I say, “Thank you, and so is yours.”
The One and Only Ivan
It took me some time to recognize all those human sounds, to weave words into things.
The One and Only Ivan
“She’d never seen a treaty before, but she knew that they were meant to have something for both sides.”
Mousenet
Erratically, the light jumped between two objects.
Janitors
ItÕs the logo for the zoo.
The One and Only Ivan
Gorilla expressions and human expressions are a lot alike.
The One and Only Ivan
He was wedged between two vending machines in the teachers’ lounge.
Janitors
“There was a bed and a dresser, but no other furniture except for a cardboard box beside the bed, pretending to be a table.”
Mousenet
The other man charged inside from the emergency exit, pulling a handful of dust from his pocket.
Janitors
“I’m here and will observe human subject prior to making approach.”
Mousenet
You are the ones in danger, because you have a great desire to learn and to grow.
Janitors
He stares at the billboard. His jaw is open. He doesn’t move for a long time.
The One and Only Ivan
One was a small plastic flashlight with a red switch, the other, a used latex glove.
Janitors
“But if you’re worried about the pool, maybe you can do something.”
Glory Be
I liked knowing secrets, and for now I was working hard at keeping this one.
Glory Be
“The sheep-girl? You want to bring the sheep-girl? Ba-a-aaa!”
Mousenet
Too hot to be cooking turnip greens and frying pork chops.
Glory Be
Wriggling forward, it disappeared through the gap under the gym door.
Janitors
On the other side of the door, they heard a heavy sigh followed by the sound of jingling keys.
Janitors
X + Y = Z was sloppily tattooed in black marker across his face.
Janitors
Poor Daisy’s involved whether she likes it or not. But I’m counting on you to keep her safe.
Janitors
She has hair like black glass and a wide, half-moon smile.
The One and Only Ivan
I reached under the desk to pet her cat, Bobbsey.
Glory Be
The big kid was swiping his arms through the darkness, dirty fingers eager to find them.
Janitors
All this time we were trying to figure out who could have put that little bottle of pink soap in the bathroom.
Janitors
“The left earring, the one that had been in the sun as they drove was illuminated inside by a brilliant fire “
Mousenet
On the driver’s door was a circular seal with the United States eagle, e pluribus unum written on a banner in its beak.
Janitors
His mom flaked out on a lot of things, but the kids could always depend on her for some kind of dinner.
Janitors
He looked down and gasped. You’re glowing.
Janitors
Then the machine swallowed and there was nothing.
Janitors
Mack reaches for the claw stick.
The One and Only Ivan
His mother’s time was spent if she wanted to be on time for her first day of work.
Janitors
Reading stories would make a fine way to fill my empty hours.
The One and Only Ivan
The other had flattened its slimy body over the drain and was basking in a pool of stagnant water.
Janitors
“She’s running late, aren’t you sweetie? Too busy talking to an imaginary friend!”
Mousenet
You will be going to the office, Dezmond.”
Janitors
“You’ve got math equators written all over your face.”
Janitors
Praised as Welcher’s finest hotel, it sported a nice pool and spa along with a continental breakfast for guests.
Janitors
“You’re just like your father sometimes!”
Janitors
It was like fighting on the moon.
Janitors
In seconds, the classroom was out of control. Kids were screaming and climbing onto their chairs.
Janitors
“Sometimes he tries to scare off little kids,” I said. “Tells them he has his bloody finger in his pants pocket.”
Glory Be
They were an odd sight–two kids half jogging down the street with bulging backpacks, each carrying a mop and a broom.
Janitors
He had plenty of book smarts from his encyclopedias, just didn’t know diddly-squat about football.
Glory Be
Her name is Meredith List. She’s an old friend of mine. She knows about Toxites.
Janitors
“Once, my grandfather took me to an Indians game. Just me and Grandpa. Back in Ohio.”
Glory Be
“She stays at the library while her mother’s a nurse working somewhere out on the highway.”
Glory Be
The rodent face was downturned, and long woodchuck teeth filled the carpet in search of fresh dust.
Janitors
“She settled on the Star Trek T-shirt her Uncle Fred had given her, and her pants from Paris.”
Mousenet
It was one of the dust gophers, really enjoying a meal of carpet dirt and chalk dust.
Janitors
He shook free and somersaulted across the classroom, his weight and momentum making him unstoppable.
Janitors
The kids sprinted through the lobby, mops and brooms in hand, backpacks jangling.
Janitors
The castle turrets began to fold and tilt inward.
Janitors
“You plan to run far in them clodhoppers?”
Glory Be
Maybe my new friend had found something to like here in Hanging Moss after all.
Glory Be
Finally she turned to him, her face moist from the steam of the noodles and her hair sticking in strands to her forehead.
Janitors
On the porch, cobwebs hung scalloped from pillar to pillar like someone had hired Spider-Man to do the decorating.
Janitors
He looked at the crumbled, moonlit wreckage of Mrs. Cleveland’s classroom.
Janitors
“Mom! What are you doing in the dark?”
Janitors
Two more soda grenades followed, spraying root beer onto kids, parents, and all over the floor.
Janitors
Well, I hope they know what they’re up against, Alice said because nobody messes with my kids.
Janitors
I’ll go back for the last load, he said. You two run along to class before the bell rings.
Janitors
She sat hunched over the desk, her nose an inch away from the forest she was drawing.
Janitors
“My brother’s gonna beat me up for playing with someone who likes Yankees.”
Glory Be
“The boss had a quick temper, and if he got mad at you, it could shrivel your whiskers big time.”
Mousenet
“Don’t be calling that our letter.” She pulled her hand back and picked up a stack of napkins to fold.
Glory Be
“Tell TM3 to get ready. It is time.”
Mousenet
In the weeks since they’d arrived, the lawn had withered to a dry and crispy brown.
Janitors
“Sorry, my love, I miss you like crazy, but no way you can come here.”
Mousenet
He pushed open the door with his elbow and stepped inside just as someone flushed the toilet and turned to face him.
Janitors
“You want to scrape up chewed gum and shampoo carpets for the rest of your life?”
Janitors
She set the plates down gently. “Your mama’s best china, special for tonight.”
Glory Be
Compared to the school computers, the internet seemed faster at Hillside Estates, and he had his e-mail open in no time.
Janitors
Freedom people? Wasn’t freedom something good?
Glory Be
The bully stood right before him, an embarrassing wet mark down the front of his shorts.
Janitors
It’s me sized.
The One and Only Ivan
By the time you reach high school, Toxite toxins probably won’t affect you at all.
Janitors
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley”
Mousenet
A math book. That had to hurt–433 pages of mathematical pain.
Janitors
He quickly shrugged off the fatigue and sat up, his face reddening with embarrassment.
Janitors
“I love the Beatles! Did you see them on TV? Which one’s your favorite?
Glory Be
Instead of seats, the van was full of custodial equipment.
Janitors
As soon as the tip of the pencil pierced the papery fabric of the vacuum bag, a deafening suction sound filled the classroom– three hundred times louder than any puff of vac dust.
Janitors
Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade.
The One and Only Ivan
He drapes his arm around Ruby’s back, grinning as the camera clicks.
The One and Only Ivan
“I’ll hold the cat. And you know what? I think you should all poop in his dresser drawers.”
Mousenet
She wore high-heeled red shoes and a skirt so short that Mrs. Natcher would have croaked.
Janitors
He hefted his push broom like a rifle. Let’s hunt!
Janitors
Our circus doesn’t migrate. We sit where we are, like an old beast too tired to push on.
The One and Only Ivan
“He smells like a billy goat and picks his nose. But you sit next to him.”
Glory Be
He needed to find a hiding spot in the dark school. He needed to run .. faster!
Janitors
With half a dozen papers in her hand and her heels click-clacking on the floor, she disappeared into the hallway.
Janitors
They become completely disinterested in whatever the teacher is saying. In short they don’t want to learn anything.
Janitors
In western you can tell who the good guys are and the bad guys are, and the good guys always win.
The One and Only Ivan
The rest of the time it was folded up against the ceiling. The perfect place.
Janitors
Apparently he hadn’t thought about long-term food storage for his siege on the bathroom stall.
Janitors
“He says some really interesting things, but I’m afraid he might be a chameleon”
Janitors
“She wants to believe, but she gets tricked a lot.”
Janitors
He doesn’t really seem like the magical-experiment type of guy.
Janitors
“There are still a few wild tribes we haven’t reached yet. But we’ll get to them all eventually.”
Mousenet
Stay was a dog command, meant for animals. But dogs didn’t plot or plan.
Janitors
A three-year-old rounded the corner with a bottle of soapy bubble solution in his hand.
Janitors
“The Bureau’s a government agency.”
Janitors
“Mops through the ages. It’s for a history unit.”
Janitors
“Your story confirms our suspicions,” Mr. Hadley said.
Janitors
It took five men and a forklift.
The One and Only Ivan
“The engineer glared at the two youngest members of the council who were making the MSL sign for ‘laughing out loud’.”
Mousenet
Seeing the bulky kid standing before her, she quickly looked down again, vigorously scrawling pine needles.
Janitors
“She talked about climbing the mountain at dawn to check the lambs, and leading the mule down to the port to pick up supplies.”
Mousenet
Even thought I draw the same things over and over again, I never get bored with my art.
The One and Only Ivan
“You thought about standing up for Gullible Gates yesterday, didn’t you?”
Janitors
Homework, I have discovered, involves a sharp pencil and thick books and long sighs.
The One and Only Ivan
That’s why you want me to get it? Because he won’t suspect me until it’s too late?
Janitors
Elephants are people, too.
The One and Only Ivan
“Soon mice throughout the world had their own version of the internet”.
Mousenet
Hastily the boy opened his Ziploc bag and gathered a small fistful of charged vac dust.
Janitors
He shot across the apartment yard, barely missed a tree, and continued flying across the street.
Janitors
It’s not as easy as it looks.
The One and Only Ivan
Inspired by a true story, this is a heart-warming and unforgettable tale of friendship hope, and bravery that no animal lover will be able to resist.
The One and Only Ivan
“You think the world would come to an end if you had somebody not exactly like you sitting beside you in school next year?”
Glory Be
Two blocks into the wealthy subdivision, the kids arrived at their gaudy, three-story home.
Janitors
“I want three volunteers,” he said. “They must be brave. They must be smart.”
Mousenet
Only one thing stood between them and the school to which they desperately wanted to return.
Janitors
“There is no limit to what we can do. We are ready to help mankind.”
Mousenet
No one will ever believe you if you don’t stand up for what you know is true.
Janitors
“She was still grinning as they drove a few miles south from Eugene on the interstate, then turned east toward the foothills of the Cascades.”
Mousenet
The first boy is trying very hard. His mind is active and he wants to learn. Those are rich brain waves.
Janitors
“I’m afraid,” he whispered. “I don’t know what to do.”
Janitors
Two lonely weeks at Welcher Elementary were over and another had just begun.
Janitors
“I hate Yankees. You better be careful. My daddy says they’re trouble.”
Glory Be
In response, she withdrew the massive ring laden with jingling keys. Then let’s get this open and grab some equipment.
Janitors
He pocketed Ninfa and the nail and tucked the School Board under one arm.
Janitors
They stop kids from understanding simple instructions and often cause the sudden need to get out of your seat and move around.
Janitors
“So we’ve softened him up for some really good magic. We’ll spook him so bad that he will be putty in your hands.”
Mousenet
“A-Q-U-A-D-U-C-K.”
Janitors
Sadly, I cannot read, although I wish I could. Reading stories would make a fine way to fill my empty hours.
The One and Only Ivan
The last thing he wanted was for this new stranger to have a laugh at his story.
Janitors
The entrance to the Rebel closet was hidden behind the sliding tower of boxes.
Janitors
At last, help had arrived in the form of a nineteen-year-old, pimply guy with a shaved head and skinny legs.
Janitors
She spread a huge napkin over her new plaid skirt and picked at a piece of hot corn bread.
Glory Be
For a house with so many windows, it surely seemed dark.
Janitors
He felt the contents pressurizing, the aluminum cans turning as hard as the shell of an airplane.
Janitors
He flowed through their fingers like a fish through water.
Janitors
It’s not so bad, I wanted to tell the little boy. With enough time, you can get used to almost anything.
The One and Only Ivan
Her dedication was admirable. Through all the danger and commotion, even as the vent plummeted twelve feet to the hard floor.
Janitors
She flaps her ears. She makes her tiny trumpet sound.
The One and Only Ivan
She’d given him courage in the beginning and now she was proving rather courageous herself.
Janitors
