Bricks
Release
Date: 02/03/15
Anaiah
Press
Summary
from Goodreads:
Sixteen-year old Cori Reigns learns that
not all tornadoes take you to magical places. Some take your house, your
school, and life as you knew it. Struggling to put the pieces of her life back
together, Cori learns to rebuild what the storm destroyed by trusting family
she didn't know she had and helping friends she never appreciated.
Born and raised in central Oklahoma, I work in education, first as a teacher now in technology curriculum. I write. I read. And in the summer I make snow cones.
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Excerpt:
We
found Leo in the third floor waiting room, just where Slim said he would be.
With
just a cursory glance, it was easy to see he’d made the corner of the waiting
area into his own private room. A blanket draped over one arm of the chair,
with a pillow tucked beneath when it was needed. He had a cup of water and a
box of fish crackers on the stand. The bags beneath his eyes looked like they’d
been carved with a chisel as he stared at the TV with the sound off.
I
marched over and fell around his neck. His hand rested on my back like an
anchor while his breath warmed my neck. Letting go, I sat back on to the plain
wooden coffee table, his hand still in mine.
“How
are you?” I was tired of hearing it myself, but sometimes words are what they
are no matter how fancy we try to dress them up.
He
nodded, as I expected him to. I’d never known Leo to complain. He played an
entire football game with a broken arm once. “Really?” I prodded. “It’s us,
Leo. Talk to us.” Slim slid in beside me.
“I’m
no worse than anybody else, you know? I’m alive. Dad’s alive, and he’s not
getting worse.”
Ah,
Leo’s optimistic way of saying his dad wasn’t getting better. I squeezed his
hand. “I’m going to go look in on Sara. But when I get back, I want to get you
out of here for a while.”
His
eyes widened and he sat up and swallowed.
“Just
a little while,” I assured him. “I promise. We’ll get something to eat. A snow
cone, maybe.”
He
settled back in his seat with a still frightened gaze.
“It’ll
be fine,” I said. I let go of his hand, and it fell like a rock to his lap.
Maybe Slim could perk him up while I was gone. As I made my way down the hall
to the room the nurse had given me, I felt a little awkward since I didn’t have
a gift to give her, but I brushed it aside. We saved Sara’s life. Considering
our history, that’s a pretty big deal.
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This book sounds really great. Thanks for sharing.
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