Janie: Did you ever sell drugs? Cabel: Yes. Pot. Ninth and tenth grade. I was, uh...rather troubled back then. Janie: Why did you stop? Cabel: Got busted, and Captain made me a better deal. Janie: So you've been a narc since then? Cabel: I cringe at your terminology.
Lisa McMannThe phone rings. โAsshole,โ she mutters. She picks it up. โWill you let me explain?โ โNo.โ She hangs up.
Lisa McMannShe gets to school late. Bashful gives her a tardy, and won't reconsider. Janie always hated Bashful. Stupidest. Dwarf. Ever.
Lisa McMannThe Thickety is a sinister, magical debut with a marvelous and shocking heroine. J.A. Whiteโs elegant writing and masterful plot kept me turning pages late into the night.
Lisa McMann