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#20 [electronic resource] / by Nancy Springer.

Springer, Nancy. (Author).

Summary:

Little Veronica likes hanging out at Mrs. Life's porch. She can see the whole town from the steps, and Mrs. Life is fascinating in the way that she keeps track of all sorts of numbers and information in her little spiral-bound notebooks. So it's surprising to Veronica when the always-nice Mrs. Life has an argument with Mr. Quickel, the school health teacher and wrestling coach, about the cost of mowing her lawn. Soon, Mrs. Life has started to insinuate things about Mr. Quickel, his marriage and what he might or might not have done with a boy who ran off from the town to live life as an openly gay man. Soon, the entire town is turning on Mr. Quickel with rumors and threats and destroying his sanity. Before too long, Veronica starts to see what Mrs. Life's real motivation is, and what dark secrets she keeps in one of her spiral-bound notebooks. A short story.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781611873122 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 1611873126 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource.
  • Publisher: [San Francisco, Calif.] : Untreed Reads, c2012.

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General Note:
"Previously published in print, 1990" --T.p. verso.
"The mystery world of Nancy Springer" --Cover.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on online resource; title from EPUB title page (OverDrive viewed, July 5, 2012).
Subject: Gossip > Fiction.
Suicide > Fiction.
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies
Genre: Short stories.
Electronic books.


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