Quotes from Ann M. Martin

Ooh-eee-ooh," wailed Nicky helpfully

I'm rubber and you're glue, and whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you.

Is Janine home?" "She's in Liberia," Steve said. "Siberia," I corrected him. "And she's not there, anyway. Really. She's just busy, Jerry.

Can we visit her tonight?" I asked. "May we?" Janine, Mom, and Dad all corrected me at once.

Maybe not all boys were pains, just American boys.

Matt says he thinks the Patriots are going to win the Super Bowl this year. He

Take it easy, Kelea, said Thrash, grinning at me. Kelea? I repeated. A legendary Hawaiian princess who made friends with the water god. She was a radical surfer, he said. Oh, I replied, blushing. Well, thanks. I guess I better practice if I want to live up to that name.

Making a spaceship?" Stacey asked. Adam rolled his eyes. "No, a gamma ray protector!" "Who's Grandma Ray?" Claire Pike asked.

Aunt Cecelia would have pulled a tissue out of her sleeve, but I let Becca be sloppy.)

brachiosaurus weighed about 77 tons, which is about 154 thousand pounds.

Josh's arm was in a cast, and his face was covered with bruises. Mr. Freeman had a large bandage on his forehead, and Mrs. Freeman was on crutches. They looked as if the world had defeated them.

Brother's Day

I guess buying food almost anywhere is more interesting than eating what comes out of your own refrigerator.

When I was older, I could move to some place (like Australia or Kentucky) where the boys act more like human beings.

Don't do it, I said. Please? I mean, I understand that you want revenge, but two wrongs don't make a right. I didn't mean to sound like a teacher; the words just popped out.

My heart was acting like a prisoner in the Tower of London, banging against the walls. I had to hold my hand against it. I was afraid it would escape.

And when I went home after the meeting, Tigger would be there to greet me.

said that metal underwear thing.

Then, once again, my charming brothers ruined everything.

You see, they hadn't said a single nice thing to me since I had gotten the makeover

I'm not going to be able to go with you this afternoon," I said. "Oh." She didn't seem crushed, but I could tell she wasn't overjoyed, either. "Well, I guess I can find enough stuff myself." "Okay," I said. "Will you be at the meeting?" Kristy asked. "Yeah." "See you." " 'Bye." It was mid-winter, but it felt chillier inside than out. *  *  *

any more than Claire

Bop-u-top nop-o-bop-o-dop-yop kop-nop-o-wop-sop hop-o-wop top-o sop-pop-e-a-kop 'op-talk.

Kristy smirked at me.