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stick like a tongue to a frosty pole in the middle of winter pulling and tugging to break free will only dismember the delicate skin leaving it raw and exposed i remember the exact day the spot light turned on me and by spot light i don t mean me slipping on a pair of tap shoes and performing an excerpt from a broadway musical more like i was standing naked with my classmates staring me down memorizing every detail okay that s a bit dramatic but seriously it was bad sister clarisse calls it adolescence or puberty but i call it exposure the time when every girl s self esteem is mutilated dismembered for me my moment of exposure happened at the beginning of eighth grade what do you think we ll have to do alison whispered to me that morning in homeroom i opened my bag and started pulling out books throwing them on top of the desk i don t know sister clarisse didn t give us any details my nervous tone reflected the buzz of voices drifting through the classroom everyone was feeling it today was different of course when you re my age you can t let anyone but your very best friends know the idea of watching the movie was freakin scary yes that s right ellie cummings was petrified of this official rite of passage into the teenage world but never in a million years would i have guessed how much was about to change after watching the movie if i had known i probably would have faked an illness this morning and never left my house i hung my bag on the back of my chair and tugged at my green and navy pleated skirt it was identical to the one alison wore but on her the required uniform was a fashion statement alison was already five foot five and growing constantly not in the gangly awkward way but in the i m thirteen but the ninth grade boys all snap their heads in my direction way mostly because this summer she started growing things i didn t have yet don t think i spend all my time obsessing over the bra size of my classmates but it was the first week of school and everyone changed over the summer alison changed the most of all the girls and of course it didn t go unnoticed me well let s just say i have the flattest chest in my entire class this is not opinion based it s a fact even freddie livingston has bigger boobs than me seriously he does i cringe every time freddie is on the skins team when the boys play basketball in the gym i was beginning to realize everything is more complicated in eighth grade for starters we moved to the high school wing with the ninth graders and switched classrooms every hour bumping into them in the hallway and if you re unlucky like me and scored high on your standardized testing you might even end up in a few classes with them talk about feeling like a puny little girl my other best friend hailey leaned in close to me and alison and whispered my sister told me they make everyone put condoms on oranges hailey s sister is in tenth grade this year and entertains herself by giving hailey a load of crap to see if she ll believe it i rolled my eyes you don t put condoms on oranges bananas maybe alison giggled beside me then put her hand over her mouth when sister janet glared in our direction the nun always did this if anyone appeared to be enjoying homeroom hailey s forehead wrinkled and i could tell she was going to give herself a head ache thinking this hard i put my hand on her shoulder to calm her down before whispering as quietly as possible hailey we re not going to put condoms on anything this isn t public school catholics stress abstinence not birth control meaning don t do it so there s no reason to know how to use a condom her face relaxed alison shook her head eyes glued to the folder in her hands ellie s right tj the cutest boy in our grade strolled past us and we immediately jumped apart from our huddled girl talk tj s eyes fell on alison his cheeks blushed a little and he hurried over to his desk did you see that hailey squealed i clapped my hand over her mouth to shut her up alison threw me a grateful look last year we made a pact to never be those girls the squealing ones who pretend they re idiots and refuse to eat in front of boys hailey can t help herself she s naturally ditzy and forgetful it has nothing to do with male presence so we still love her my house after school alison reminded us of our friday tradition it was nothing more than hanging out pigging out making fun of the popular girls the pact to stay squeal free evolved from one of these sessions and occasionally inventing stories about what the nuns really do after school my personal favorite sarah s coming i called her last night hailey said referring to our other best friend in a different homeroom this year alright everyone get your math books out and start with the problems on page ten sister janet said she narrowed her eyes at me pointing one hand toward the door freddie and dara zipped past books tucked under their arms i swallowed hard and threw alison and hailey a desperate look alison bit her lower lip and hailey chewed on her thumb nail they were the most supportive friends a girl could have but they didn t have to leave i did day five of algebra with the ninth graders had officially begun i grabbed my book and hurried after freddie and dara my stomach did flip flops while i made the long walk down the hall but the pukey feeling was completely unrelated to the impending movie and everything to with the older kids i d start worrying about the movie again after algebra being forced into their world even if only for academic reasons would frightened the coolest of eighth graders which i wasn t they didn t want me there anymore than i wanted to be there sister janet says there s always something to be grateful for someone who was worse off whenever i sit in class behind the most popular ninth grade girl april jenson it s difficult to be grateful for anything god has blessed me with but then i look over at jenny ludwig and give thanks that my mother doesn t make me wear the little girl jumpers instead of the skirts seriously she s fourteen with a plaid jumper white button down peter pan collar shirt knee socks and black mary jane s i kid you not after glancing at jenny the first day of school i forced myself to look down at my socially acceptable skirt navy school polo and nike s then i said yes there is a god i may not be april jenson but sister janet is right it could be worse i took in a deep breath before entering the classroom letting my eyes drop to stare at my shoes like i was examining them for dog crap stuck to the bottom it s an unspoken rule not to make eye contact with the ninth graders while on their turf which i was i slid into my seat and noticed mrs halloway wasn t in the room yet frightening i was writing the date on the top of my notebook page when someone tapped me on the shoulder my heart started pounding in my chest it must be a trick i wasn t turning around just to have someone shove my finger up my nose and ask me if i m digging for gold this happened to freddie yesterday i felt terrible for him ellie are you ignoring me a voice whispered in my ear a familiar voice but it couldn t be i turned quickly in my seat and stared right into justin s green eyes what are you doing here i couldn t help asking he smiled it s not an all girl s school i rolled my eyes you wish but i thought you were going to george washington my parents had me on the waiting list all summer a spot opened up at the last minute he frowned and reached his hand toward my shirt and pulled off a cat hair albert einstein s been rolling in your laundry basket again hasn t he i laughed and pushed his hand away i wasn t ignoring you i didn t know you were here plus i m an eighth grader i ll probably get hung or lynched just for this little chat i turned around then because mrs halloway walked in to the room and i realized immediately several pairs of eyes were on me spotlight number one i wished more than anything this was the only one it wasn t my cheeks burned and i slid down in my seat hoping mrs halloway would jump right in to complex equations she did jump into the lesson but not the long boring lecture i hoped for no that would be lucky which i wasn t and that would be reserved for traditional teachers which mrs halloway wasn t today we were doing a hands on project calculating angles of large objects outside using algebraic and geometric formulas so when she started to partner us up i glanced hopefully at dara even freddie would do eighth graders needed to stick together but instead i get april jenson mrs halloway said april stood and flipped her blonde hair over her shoulder mrs halloway looked down at her clip board april your partner will be eleanor cummings my face turned even redder and i ducked down pretending to pick up something from the floor eleanor cummings mrs halloway spoke with such authority i jerked up quickly banging my head on the desk hard i stood feeling the burn of everyone s eyes spotlight number two mrs halloway was new and didn t know name s yet she was just reading off the roster and the damage she caused was completely unintentional i heard justin laugh a little under his breath and mutter eleanor i had been ellie cummings since preschool like every other day i walked in as ellie but today i left as eleanor and today of all days eleanor was the absolute worst name to have posted by rick daley at 4 34 pm 2 comments labels sample pages query the eleanor story first revision click here to read the original query click here to read the sample pages on her fourteenth birthday ellie cummings has one amazing seventy two second kiss with the cutest boy in school three days later she s officially the slut of st vincent s academy shy quiet ellie is in for a surprise when justin the boy she s kept a secret from her friends all summer transfers to her school from the moment ellie chooses a seat in the cafeteria next to justin she goes from flying under the radar to being the center of gossip so juicy even the nuns are taking notice her friendship with justin is put under the microscope by everyone including ellie as she employs every method possible to protect her reputation even forming her very own list of thirty items guaranteed to keep rumors from spreading eye gazing hand holding daydreaming or vacant stare that might be mistaken for daydreaming are all out of the question despite her efforts to prove justin is a friend and nothing more ellie s true feelings creep in and she impulsively kisses him in front of twenty six pairs of eyes and one hairy mole working for the evil hailmary22 three days later hailmary22 has started a blog in her honor guess eleanor cummings next man rumors and lies fill the pages of the blog and ellie can t escape from an outcome she never asked for isolation from her friends and the boy she may love lead to something far worse than any rumor spread it s up to ellie to decide hide from hailmary22 or stand up for herself for the first in her life the eleanor story is a 54 000 word young adult novel this is my first project posted by rick daley at 10 07 am 8 comments labels young adult feb 1 2010 the butterfly key revision 2 revised click here to read the original query click here to read the first revision dear agent when nicole kuefler s seemingly indelible faith crumbles after her miscarriage she falls into an agonizing conflict against god concerned for his wife nicole s husband drew gathers his family around the christmas tree to weave a story about god and his so called providence this is the allegory of the butterfly key christian bryson s mother died after childbirth his father recently lost his battle with cancer therefore when abigail his wife discovers she is pregnant she is ecstatic to deliver him some good news sadly before abigail can tell him christian crushes her world by informing her that he is deploying for war consequently abigail reluctantly decides to keep her pregnancy a secret so christian can focus on keeping himself alive when wounded in battle christian learns he can no longer father children thus his promise of making abigail a mother haunts his soul struggling to accept his calamity christian cannot bring himself to tell abigail about his injury even as she pleads for him to come home believing christian should return for love and not for a sense of obligation abigail wrongly decides not to tell him about the birth of their progeny with their marriage on the verge of collapsing god intervenes and sends two special travelers to bring christian back home to his family after drew finishes his story he is unsure if nicole can forgive god that is until a unique present appears under the christmas tree from an invented character in his story a gift with the power to restore what nicole had lost her faith the butterfly key is a 72 000 word work of literary fiction a completed manuscript is available upon your request i look forward to working with you posted by rick daley at 9 30 am 8 comments labels literary fiction the butterfly key revision 2 click here to read the original query click here to read the first revision first off i would like to thank everyone for their comments i m trying hard to condense this down into its essence hopefully i can get some more of your wonderful feedback so with no further ado dear agent when nicole kuefler s seemingly indelible faith crumbles after her miscarriage she falls into an agonizing conflict against god concerned for his wife nicole s husband drew gathers his family around the christmas tree to weave a story about god and his so called providence this is the allegory of the butterfly key christian bryson s mother died shortly after childbirth his father recently lost his battle with cancer therefore when abigail his wife discovers she is pregnant she decides not to tell him because he is deploying for war when wounded in battle christian learns he can no longer father children thus a promise he made to make abigail a mother haunts his soul as christian struggles to accept a pledge he believes he cannot fulfill abigail fights for a husband who does not want to come home believing he should return for their love and not for a sense of obligation abigail decides not to tell christian about her recent birth with their marriage on the verge of collapsing god intervenes and sends two special travelers to bring christian home to his wife and unknown progeny after drew finishes his story he is unsure if nicole can forgive god that is until a unique present appears under the christmas tree from an invented character in his story a gift with the power to restore what nicole had lost her faith the butterfly key is a 72 000 word work of literary fiction set within the small town of columbus minnesota a completed manuscript is available upon your request i look forward to working with you regards a d n posted by rick daley at 6 00 am 3 comments labels literary fiction newer posts older posts home 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