Nikki’s face flushed as red as the book’s glittery lettering. If MacKenzie posted a photo of them with the advanced copy, the publisher might recall it. Worse, their secret reading fort would be discovered.
Click. Snap.
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“That’s not funny,” she said, but her voice had lost its venom. She turned and flounced away, phone still in hand, but the photo remained unsent. Nikki’s face flushed as red as the book’s
But as Nikki stared at MacKenzie’s smug face, a line from page one-seventy-two echoed in her head: “Sometimes, the best way to deal with a bully isn’t to fight back. It’s to make them laugh… at themselves.” They change the reader
Nikki could barely form words. “The ‘New Books’ cart. It was just… sitting there. Next to a book about fungi.”
MacKenzie Hollister was standing over them, her phone angled down like a sniper’s scope. “Well, well,” she cooed, flipping her blonde extensions. “Breaking copyright laws, Nikki? Or just stealing library property? Either way, it’s very dorky.”