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A TRAIL OF SCARVES

Wendelin Van Draanen

2004

Overview

The story so far: When Marissa and Sammy sneak into the mall to see exchange for a promise from the two friends not to tell anyone he was kidnapped by girls, he agrees to pretend they are reporters for their school paper and lets them go backstage. There, they realize that two of The Boyz, Jackson and Toby, are irked at Ace, who gets to sing solo first. They also are intrigued by a woman named Vanessa, who seems to be in charge of the band. Marissa lets slip the fact that she and Sammy heard about the Amazons, but stage. Meanwhile, Sammy keeps smelling something foul, and tries to figure out near us and two more blast in from another direction, through the corridor of the way so they can get by.got before the ones from the side door reach us, what flashes through my mind bite-sized compared to these women. Seeing him on stage and worshiping him from afar had obviously not given them an understanding of, you know, proportion.before I can get into position, the Amazons split up. They go every which way, zigzagging around Vanessa, the Ponytail, Toby, the moms, Jackson, right for Ace.eyes wide, frozen in place.

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