Salma

“grin spread across his face, like that of an alligator having just found the hunter who made his mother into a handbag.”
― Katrina Kahler, I'm a Kid! Get Me Out of Here!

“like… “Nonononononononononononononononononononononono!” Fear and adrenaline fought for control inside my body as Dad climbed off my back and into the lower branches of the tree. As he climbed higher, I couldn’t help but stare at the flood rushing towards me. It was like a monster out for my blood. ​I snapped back to reality when I heard Dad screaming at me to climb up. I wrapped my hands around the lowest branch of the tree and pulled.”
― Katrina Kahler, Switched

“Finally, to chillax, I took a long, relaxing, hot shower. And after ALL that, I . . . . . . HAD A COMPLETE MELTDOWN AND SCREAMED MY HEAD OFF!! Screaming in the shower really helped, and I actually felt hopeful and more in control of my life.”
― Rachel Renée Russell, Dork Diaries: Birthday Drama!

“SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 I’m starting to get really excited because the avant-garde art competition is only eight days away! I decided to enter my watercolour painting that took me two whole summers at art camp to complete. I spent more than 130 hours on it. The only complication is that I gave it to my mom and dad last spring for their sixteenth wedding anniversary. So it’s technically not mine anymore. It was either my painting or spending my entire life savings of $109.21 to buy them dinner at a fancy restaurant. But I knew the dinner was going to be a total rip-off, because I watch the Food Network. All of those five-star restaurants serve really gross stuff like frog legs and snails and then give you a tiny portion on a really big plate with chocolate syrup”
― Rachel Renée Russell, Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life