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    Little Veronica likes hanging out at Mrs. Life's porch. She can see the whole town from the steps, and Mrs. Life is fascinating in the way that she keeps track of all sorts of numbers and information in her little spiral-bound notebooks. So it's surprising to Veronica when the always-nice Mrs. Life has an argument with Mr. Quickel, the school health teacher and wrestling coach, about the cost of mowing her lawn. Soon, Mrs. Life has started to insinuate things about Mr. Quickel, his marriage and what he might or might not have done with a boy who ran off from the town to live life as an openly gay man. Soon, the entire town is turning on Mr. Quickel with rumors and threats and destroying his sanity. Before too long, Veronica starts to see what Mrs. Life's real motivation is, and what dark secrets she keeps in one of her spiral-bound notebooks. A short story.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUntreed Reads
    Release dateApr 17, 2012
    ISBN9781611873122
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    Nancy Springer

    NANCY SPRINGER is the author of the nationally bestselling Enola Holmes novels, including The Case of the Missing Marquess, which was made into the hit Netflix movie, Enola Holmes. She is the author of more than 50 other books for children and adults. She has won many awards, including two Edgar Awards, and has been published in more than thirty countries. She lives in Florida.

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      #20 - Nancy Springer

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      By Nancy Springer

      Copyright 2012 by Nancy Springer

      Cover Copyright 2012 by Ginny Glass and Untreed Reads Publishing

      The author is hereby established as the sole holder of the copyright. Either the publisher (Untreed Reads) or author may enforce copyrights to the fullest extent.

      Previously published in print, 1990.

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      This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to the living or dead is entirely coincidental.

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      By Nancy Springer

      There’s a big lilac bush growing by Mrs. Life’s porch, and I used to hide in the hollow under the leaves like big green hearts, between the bush and the cinder-block porch pillars, to play that I was Pony Queen of the Universe or just to get away from the neighborhood awhile. But I don’t go there anymore, because I’m going to die on account of what I heard there.

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