I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So … - Margaret Haddix

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Sport is and should remain a great school of life that supports young people in their personal development. It teaches respect for others and also for oneself.

Margaret Haddix

I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as the best time to read for fun.

College, Enough, Fun, Read, Reading, Summer

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I want to Live! Not Die, Not Hide, LIVE!

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I rise up on my tiptoes. He's already bending his head down, moving his lips toward mine. And then, well, I haven't exactly studied this, but I'm pretty sure that ours is not the most expert kiss in Sualan history. It's a little hard to figure out how we should tilt our heads so our noses don't bump. But this kiss is a promise, a vow. Come to think of it, it doesn't really matter that ours is not the most expert kiss in Sualan history. It's still the best.

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The sudden silence is horrifying, and it seems to catch my mother off guard. A tiny whimper escapes her, the sound amplified in the stillness. Surely, my father hears her now; surely he and I can't go on pretending she isn't crying.

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That porch is a happy-looking place, and my father - burdened, stoop-shouldered, cadaverously thin - doesn't seem to belong on it.

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