Why is everything going so wrong? Mama died from Influenza, we have very little money, it's below zero outside. I remember the hot tea Mama would make for us. I remember having heat and warm blankets. And hot baths. Such bliss! Now I only bathe in cold water once every six months. And now the blanket on my bed is a thin old curtain. we never have Mama's roast or pies anymore; all we have is bread and broth. We have no Christmas, no birthdays. About three complete oufits and no jackets. i fight with Father all the time and Gavin is 2, so I have nobody to love me. Why coulden't I have gone with Mama to heaven? She could always hold us together through the worst of the depression. I'm failing in school and have no friends. If Mama were alive, I'd get A's, be loved, ande have hope. I wish I could live with Uncle Jack in Kentucky. Just maybe...
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