Extraordinary Miriam Spitzer Franklin Sky Pony Press New York
For my dad
chapter one Fourteen Weeks Four Days It was the first day of fifth grade and I had a promise to keep Ever since spring break I’d woken up with an ache inside of me like I’d been swallowing rocks all night But today I felt a hundred times lighter Instead of rocks in my stomach today I felt the fluttering of butterfly wings I glanced down at my necklace the one with half a heart and the words Best Friends written across it I jumped out of bed and grabbed the scissors on my dresser Most people would think I was nuts but I knew what I had to do I gathered up my hair in a ponytail opened up the scissors and began to cut My hair didn’t fall to the ground with one snip the way Anna’s had at Shear Magic Salon back in March I felt like
