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- Herausgeber: Gemma Open Door for Literacy
- Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
- Sprache: Englisch
Growing up without a mother is hard. Worse is having a stepmother who controls Dad. Brittany Myerson is so ready for high school to end. She knows that life is going to get a whole lot better when she gets her driver's license, the car she's always wanted and a ticket to college away from home. But her new stepmother has decided what's good enough for Brittany: a beat-up, mustard-colored piece of junk and enrollment in the local community college. Brittany thinks it can't get much worse until she learns that her father has changed his will leaving everything to Lynn. Suddenly, Brittany's father dies and the police suspect...murder.
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REBECCA ELSWICK
No Stopping Her
Rebecca D. Elswick is the daughter and grand-daughter of coal miners. She is the director of the Writing Center at the Appalachian School of Law and a consultant for the Appalachian Writing Project at the University of Virginia’s college at Wise. Rebecca’s work has appeared in many journals and anthologies, such as A Cup of Comfort for Dog Lovers II, Drafthorse, The Notebook,and Broken Petals. Her short fiction has won many awards, including first place in the Sherwood Anderson Short Story Contest, and she was a finalist for the New Southerner Literary Contest. Publishers Weekly praised her debut novel, Mama’s Shoes, as “an intricate and beautiful landscape…a well-tuned and complex work.”
Open Door
First published by GemmaMedia in 2015.
GemmaMedia 230 Commercial Street Boston MA 02109 USA
www.gemmamedia.com
©2015 by Rebecca Elswick
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced inany manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher,except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles orreviews.
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN:978-1-936846-51-1 eISBN:978-1-936846-52-8
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Elswick, Rebecca D. Title: No stopping her / Rebecca D. Elswick. Description: Boston MA : GemmaMedia, 2015. Identifiers: LCCN 2015035224 | ISBN 9781936846511 (softcover) Subjects: LCSH: Families--Appalachian Region--Fiction. | English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers. | Readers (Adult) | Domestic fiction. Classification: LCC PS3605.L79 N6 2015 | DDC 813/.6--dc23 LCrecord available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015035224
Cover by Laura Shaw Design
Inspired by the Irish series designed for new readers, Gemma’s Open Doors provide fresh stories, new ideas, and essential resources for young people and adults as they embrace the power of reading and the written word.
Brian BouldreyNorth American Series Editor
Open Door
For Hugh, the love of my life
Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Epilogue
CHAPTER 1
The word avarice floated from the chalkboard, swirled around the room, and became trapped in the dust motes dancing in the sunlight. Brittany Myerson sat with her head propped up by her right hand, pretending to pay attention. Her long blond hair hung next to her chin, hiding her face from the rest of the English class. She was trying to stay awake, she really was, but the teacher’s voice sounded like it was coming from far away when it asked, “Can someone give me a definition?”
“Avarice means greed,” Mason answered.
“Correct.”
“Wanting what someone else has like, ah, his car,” added Lance.
“Excellent.”
Like his car.
The sting of those three words snapped Brittany awake. She knew Lance was throwing that comment at her. She stole a look at him and there it was—that hateful smirk. And then the big jerk winked at her!
Like his car.
Brittany sat up straight and looked at the teacher at the front of the room. She didn’t have to turn around to see the sneers on the faces of her classmates. They felt like darts being thrown at her back, each one striking the bull’s-eye. Brittany felt heat creep up her neck and flood her face. She stared at the clock, willing the class to be over. This was her last class of the day, and she couldn’t wait to get out of there.
When the bell rang, Brittany escaped into the crowded hallway. It was the start of spring break, so she knew everyone would be in a hurry to leave. The hallway cleared fast, making it easy to hang around her locker and wait for the parking lot to empty. After Lance’s little stunt, she couldn’t deal with the looks and whispers from the drivers in the student parking lot. Besides, she was in no hurry. Facing a week at home made her stomach hurt.
Brittany slammed her locker door shut and looked around for her best friend, Annie. She had hoped Annie had gotten over their argument and decided to ride home with her, but the empty hallway told her that Annie was still mad. Her hateful words rang in Brittany’s ears. Spoiled! Selfish! She couldn’t believe her best friend had called her spoiled and selfish! Annie was supposed to be on her side, but she had gotten mad just because Brittany complained about the crappy car her father had bought for her. Her face flamed remembering Annie’s words: “So what if it’s not the one you want! At least you have a car!”
Not the one I wanted! Oh, no, it’s worse than that! Daddy knew I wanted a new VW Bug like the one Lance has, and what did he do?
Hot, angry tears blurred Brittany’s vision as she marched out to the parking lot. Her hand shook as she unlocked the door of her used car. It was the ugliest color of yellow she had ever seen in her whole life, and even though it had been cleaned inside and out, the dull gray interior always looked dirty. She had thought, even dreamed, about smashing it into a wall. Then he would be sorry!
