For 2 nights Z reads a stack of Slam magazines (He arranged them from the oldest to the latest edition.).
For 2 nights K sticks her head inside Z’s room and sees him reading a copy of Slam and notices the stack just inches away.
K: What are you reading? What happened to Standing Against the Wind [by Traci Jones] and that other book [You Don't Even Know Me: Stories and Poems about Boys by Sharon Flake] you were reading?
Z: I forgot about those.
For 2 nights K tries to pretend it doesn’t matter.
K: Reading magazines is fine.
The morning after night #2 K can’t take it anymore.
Must find another book he can’t put down, she thinks.
Is K obsessed? Probably.
On the car ride home:
K: I’m nervous because you’re not reading a book.
Z: I’ve got my magazines.
K: I think we need to take a trip to the library.
Z: We can go today.
K: Let’s go to Greenbrier.
Z: OK, I’m curious about their new look. (Greenbrier was redecorated about 2 weeks ago.)
K: Me, too. (K saw the first floor a few days ago but didn’t have time to really explore.)
At the Library:
K heads straight to the YA section.
Z: Where’s the music?
K: I thought this trip was about books.
Z: Yeah, but where’s the music?
K finds a book. Reads the first page and knows Z will like it.
K: Here, you’ll like it. Read the first page.
Z: Does it have cursing?
K nods, but later explains it’s the voice that tells her if he’ll like a book or not.
After skimming magazines, K & Z leave the library with 2 books [Black and White by Paul Volponi & Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia] and no CDs
[The CD section didn't meet Z's standards].
For 2 nights K sticks her head inside Z’s room and sees him reading a copy of Slam and notices the stack just inches away.
K: What are you reading? What happened to Standing Against the Wind [by Traci Jones] and that other book [You Don't Even Know Me: Stories and Poems about Boys by Sharon Flake] you were reading?
Z: I forgot about those.
For 2 nights K tries to pretend it doesn’t matter.
K: Reading magazines is fine.
The morning after night #2 K can’t take it anymore.
Must find another book he can’t put down, she thinks.
Is K obsessed? Probably.
On the car ride home:
K: I’m nervous because you’re not reading a book.
Z: I’ve got my magazines.
K: I think we need to take a trip to the library.
Z: We can go today.
K: Let’s go to Greenbrier.
Z: OK, I’m curious about their new look. (Greenbrier was redecorated about 2 weeks ago.)
K: Me, too. (K saw the first floor a few days ago but didn’t have time to really explore.)
At the Library:
K heads straight to the YA section.
Z: Where’s the music?
K: I thought this trip was about books.
Z: Yeah, but where’s the music?
K finds a book. Reads the first page and knows Z will like it.
K: Here, you’ll like it. Read the first page.
Z: Does it have cursing?
K nods, but later explains it’s the voice that tells her if he’ll like a book or not.
After skimming magazines, K & Z leave the library with 2 books [Black and White by Paul Volponi & Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia] and no CDs
[The CD section didn't meet Z's standards].
