The New Girl by Laurentz Baker
Jade and Caron could see the heat rising off the concrete in front of them. They were heading nowhere in particular just racing. Simply something to do on a blistering summer day. It hadn’t rained for a minute. Grandpa and grandma were worried at the fact. Drought is the worst. Besides killing the crops and making the prices rise on fruit and vegetables, the trees fall over when the storms come. They heard them chatting in the kitchen. “I don’t want to spend another one thousand dollars to take down that tree, but we gotta do it,” grandpa spoke.
Jade and Caron didn’t want trees falling on the house in the middle of the night, or while they were outside playing nor while they were eating their pizza, like earlier. The river though was of no concern. There was too much river in their eyes for it to go dry. Later, while out exploring it is at the river where they first meet Orchid. They wave. She was about their age. Nine, ten. She waves back. They had never seen her in sch...
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Summary: Jade and Caron meet Orchid by the river and spend a summer of friendship and adventures. When school...
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Jade and Caron didn’t want trees falling on the house in the middle of the night, or while they were outside playing nor while they were eating their pizza, like earlier. The river though was of no concern. There was too much river in their eyes for it to go dry. Later, while out exploring it is at the river where they first meet Orchid. They wave. She was about their age. Nine, ten. She waves back. They had never seen her in sch...
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Summary: Jade and Caron meet Orchid by the river and spend a summer of friendship and adventures. When school...
Review: The story beautifully captures the essence of childhood friendships and the bittersweet realization ...
Get full Summary and Review on Shopee as low as 0.083!