I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Ann Liang
- Language: English
- Genre: Teen & Young Adult Fiction about Self-Esteem
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It’s an honor to be waiting outside the school gates in the winter cold.
This is what I’ve been telling myself for the past hour as I shiver in my
ironed blazer and watch my fingernails turn a concerning shade of purple.
It’s an immense honor. A privilege. A joy. It’s exactly what I envisioned
when Ms. Hedge, the year level coordinator, called for me in the middle of
my math honors class yesterday and asked that I show a few visiting parents
around the school.
“I trust that you’re the right person to do it,” she’d said with a wide
smile, her gnarled hands folded neatly across her desk. “As school captain,
you can tell them about how much Woodvale Academy cares for its
students, and how well we’ve set you up for success. Feel free to also
mention all the extracurriculars you’re involved in and your many
achievements—like how you recently came in first in the track-and-field
regional finals. The parents will love that.”
I’d smiled back at her and nodded along with so much fake enthusiasm
I gave myself a neck cramp.
My neck is still stiff as I straighten the badges pinned to my front
pocket, stamping my feet hard to ward off what feels like imminent
frostbite. My best friend, Abigail Ong, always jokes that I collect badges
like a magpie. She’s not wrong, exactly, but I’m not just admiring how the
gold lettering for school captain catches the pale morning light. It’s also a
matter of symbolism. Every single badge I own is proof of something: that I
have perfect grades, that I’m the MVP of every sports team I’m on, that I’m
an active member of the school community, that I help out at the local
library. That I’m smart and successful and have a good future ahead of me
—
Footsteps crunch on the dry grass.
I jerk my head up and squint into the distance. It’s so early that the
parking lot is still empty, save for a rusted brown Toyota that’s probably
been there since before the school was built. All the redbrick buildings on
campus are quiet, the windows closed, the clouds rising over the bare trees
painted a soft watercolor pink.
No sign of any lost-looking parents.
Instead, a terribly familiar face comes into view, and out of habit, all the
muscles in my body tense. Black eyes, sharp angles, a smile like a blade.
That single, ridiculous strand of dark hair falling over his forehead. The
school blazer draped around his shoulders like he’s posing for a highfashion magazine.
Julius Gong.
My cocaptain, and the most prominent source of pain in my life.
At the mere sight of him, I experience a rush of loathing so pure and
visceral it feels akin to wonder. It’s hard to believe that someone with such
an awful personality could have such pleasing looks—or that someone with
such pleasing looks could have such an awful personality. The equivalent of
opening up a gift box with gorgeous silk ribbons an
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