![]() Have you ever heard of someone throwing a jubilee? And if you did, would you go? Because I wouldn’t. My objection is that Jubilee isn’t a name-it’s some kind of a party. I think latex is probably bad for your skin because it doesn’t allow it to breathe.) My major concern, stripage-wise, is the latex. ![]() (I have no problem with strippers, in case any strippers are reading this. ![]() I play field hockey, which lacks the undulating, baby-oiled grace that is the stripper’s stock and trade. I’m sixteen, I sing in choir, I attend Mathletes events. I wear glasses half the time, and contacts the other half. If you saw me, you’d get the idea pretty quickly that I’m not a stripper (I think). You probably think I have heard the call of the pole. I realize Jubilee is a bit of a stripper name. “By the way, my name is Jubilee.” You wouldn’t know what to do next. Now imagine I was halfway through some long story (like I’m about to be), and I dropped that one on you. See, when you get it up front, it’s not that bad. I know from experience that if it comes up later, it will distract you so much that you won’t be able to concentrate on anything else I tell you. But before I take you into the beating heart of the action, let’s get one thing out of the way. Well, to be more precise, it was the afternoon before Christmas. And for all who toil behind the facade of a corporate monolith, for every person who has to say grande latte three thousand times a day, for every soul who's ever had to deal with a broken credit card reader in the holiday rush . . . The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party Web sites or their content.įor Hamish, who embodied the "go down the hill really fast, and if something gets in your way, turn" school of teaching me how to deal with a snowy slope. ![]() LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CIP DATA IS AVAILABLEĮxcept in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. “The Patron Saint of Pigs” copyright © Lauren Myracle, 2008 “A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle” copyright © John Green, 2008 “The Jubilee Express” copyright © Maureen Johnson, 2008 This edition published by Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2009 Registered Offices: Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, Englandįirst published by Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2008 Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd.) Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A.
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