The chickens bounced onto the pink and purple bush and landed on Annika’s head.” It’s funny because nobody has ever said that before. I should get an award or something because I just made history!

What would be frightening about me jumping out of the bush wearing a pig mask is not the sudden surprise, not me, and not the pig mask, but that the ordinary world had split open...

Sexually active? Sexually active? Patrick and I hadn’t even learned the fine points of kissing yet!I marched on down. ‘For your information,’ I said from the doorway, as both Dad and Lester jerked to attention,...