But is he brave enough to take their friendship public?Īs Calliope navigates school, she must also face her mother's new relationship and the fact that they might be moving-again-just as she starts to make friends and finally accept her differences. Only Calliope's neighbor, who is also the popular student body president, sees her as she truly is-an interesting person and a good friend. But it isn't long before the kids at her new school realize she's different. When she and her mother move yet again, she tries to hide her TS. On their second trip up, the girl spots me through the window and smiles, making me forget what I was doing by the window in the first place.Ī girl tries to hide her quirks at a new school in this middle-grade novel from debut author Ellie Terry.Īstronomy-loving Calliope June has Tourette syndrome, so she sometimes makes faces or noises that she doesn't mean to make. The girl and the woman with her-I’m guessing her mother-carry boxes of stuff up the stairs.
(And hers looks nothing like a pot of gold.) The only girl I’ve seen with hair that long is Beatriz Lopez. The afternoon sunlight bounces off her hair like a pot of sparkling gold. A girl climbs out of the passenger’s side, wearing cutoff jeans and a faded blue T-shirt that reads Gimme Some Space in large black letters. I’m sitting by the living room window when a small yellow car pulls into the parking lot of our boring apartment complex. Problem is, there’s three of us, and only one open position (and rumor has it, it’s pitcher). It would be awesome if Duncan, Nyle, and I could all make the Royals. Most of them are expected to make the All-Star team next year.
Like getting drafted to play on the Royals. Now we’re ready to move on to bigger things. My buddies-Duncan Gray and Nyle Jacques-have done club ball with me for the past four years. That means I’ve got five months until Little League tryouts. “If you can learn to throw them hard,” he continues, “you’ll be a step ahead of your competition by the time spring rolls around.” I was hoping we could work on my curveball this morning. “Fastballs are the most important pitches to learn,” he says.Īw, man. “Don’t forget the kitchen rags,” she says.Ĭoach Todd (my private pitching coach) holds a baseball between his fingers as though he’s showing me something breakable.
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