Adam Rex

Can I see some ID?" "WE DON'T HAVE ID," said Jay, loudly. "'CAUSE WE'RE CANADIAN. WE DON'T USE ID...THERE. AND THAT'S WHY WE LOOK SO YOUNG. 'CAUSE WE'RE CANADIAN." Doug stiffened. Jay sounded crazy. Doug tried looking extra sane to even things out.

Ohh,' said the girl with a sad tilt of her

Woah,' I said, blocking the doorway. 'You can't come in here. This is the girls' r

There was less than I__ expected in the rainy-day fund that Mom had kept in the bottom of an underwear drawer in a panty hose egg labeled __EAD SPIDERS._ As if I hadn__ always known it was there. As if I wouldn__ want to look at dead spiders.

Sometimes you really want to say "Duh," but you can't. It's a part of growing up, I guess.

Sejal had not thought of her home, or of India as a whole, as cool. She was dimly aware, however, of a white Westerner habit of wearing other cultures like T-shirts__he sticker bindis on club kids, sindoor in the hair of an unmarried pop star, Hindi characters inked carelessly on tight tank tops and pale flesh. She knew Americans liked to flash a little Indian or Japanese or African. They were always looking for a little pepper to put in their dish.

The United States was a big country where everybody wore funny t-shirts and ate too much.

In lieu of Tasers, you'll have to hit me. Hard as you can. Then maybe some kind of fight-or-flight response will kick in and I'll turn into a bat to get away from you.""Fight or flight.""Yes.""Only half of that is flight.

Why would a vampire create a younger vampire if there was a possibility the young one might end up destroying the old one?'Stephin stared. 'If you can explain to me how this is different from parenting in general I might know how to answer that.