Considering Cool is a collection of stories recounting the behavior of a boy named Patrick trying to negotiate through tricky situations, stay out of trouble, and be cool. Here is an excerpt from SLIPS: A piece of ice hits my knee. "Either go home or climb out," Billy says. "You look like a dope just standing there." That's it. I feel like giving him a white wash. I am done with Billy and all of his stupid ideas. "I'm leaving." I step forward, slip, and plummet down the bank. My body smashes through the ice like a baseball through a windowpane. I lay on the shore slowly sliding into the icy...
Considering Cool is a collection of stories recounting the behavior of a boy named Patrick trying to negotiate through tricky situations, stay out of ...
The novella Busted tells the story of a mischievous 12 year-old that jumps out of a tree into a pile of leaves and cracks two vertebrae. It chronicles his struggle back to 7th grade and back to playing ice hockey. Here is an excerpt: "I'm first." I grab a limb, pull myself up, climb, and reach the launch pad. I stand on the thick tree branch and look up. "I'm Superman " I yell. "Indestructible." The empty branches above remind me of the rib cage of a dinosaur that I saw at the Boston Museum of Science. I look out and see the bus stop, the woods, the stone walls, and the tractor cutting down a...
The novella Busted tells the story of a mischievous 12 year-old that jumps out of a tree into a pile of leaves and cracks two vertebrae. It chronicles...
