Enly and the Buskin Blues Jennie Liu CAROLRHODA BOOKS MINNEAPOLIS
For my community
1 Enly Enly Wait for me I was boarding the school bus at the end of the day and turned around on the steps to see my best friend Pinky jumping up and down at the back of the mob of kids waiting to get on Her four thick coils of hair bounced around her head the chunky beads on the ends of them clunking together as she waved a brightly colored piece of paper at me I have to show you this she yelled over everyone’s everyone’s heads I tried to get off the bus but the kids behind me were crowding up blocking my way Tia the self-appointed bus monitor stood towering over the steps She leaned over and tapped me on the shoulder shoulder Uh-uh buddy boy where do you think you’re going Her fingers went snap snap and then she 1
