Too many cold, hungry nights had taught her a special kind of practicality, but in that moment, she believed in his magic.

It doesn't affect the way I feel about you, but is it wrong that I want you to experience the joy I've found in books?

Nash is known as a playmaker and he's the 6-foot white kid who makes it happen for everybody because he is a selfless player.

The lie took form as she spoke, pulling on as many strands of truth as it could reach.

A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself.

Bubbly is bogus.