Book Excerpt for the Day

    “Teresa, what do you want to be (when you grow up)?”

    Teresa looked up from her planes.  “A pilot.”

    “You mean a stewardess.”

    “I don’t want to be no stewardess.”

    “I don’t want to be a stewardess,” said the teacher.

    “Me neither,” said Teresa.

    “I’ll be a stewardess,” said a boy named Billy, whom the teachers were already concerned about.

    (from The Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey)

    8½*/10.  The complete review is here.

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