Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Name: Dear Edward A Novel
- Author: Ann Napolitano
- ISBN: 978-1984854780
- Language: English
- Genre: Family Life Fiction, Coming of Age Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Format: PDF/ePub
- Size: 2 MB
- Page: 352
- Price: Free
June 12, 2013
7:45 A.M.
Newark Airport is shiny from a recent renovation. There are potted
plants at each joint of the security line, to keep passengers from
realizing how long they’ll have to wait. People prop themselves
against walls or sit on suitcases. They all woke up before dawn; they
exhale loudly, sputtering with exhaustion.
When the Adler family reaches the front of the line, they load their
computers and shoes into trays. Bruce Adler removes his belt, rolls it
up, and slots it neatly beside his brown loafers in a gray plastic bin.
His sons are messier, throwing sneakers on top of laptops and
wallets. Laces hang over the side of their shared tray, and Bruce can’t
stop himself from tucking the loose strands inside.
The large rectangular sign beside them reads: All wallets, keys,
phones, jewelry, electronic devices, computers, tablets, metal
objects, shoes, belts, and food must go into the security bins. All
drink and contraband must be thrown away.
Bruce and Jane Adler flank their twelve-year-old son, Eddie, as
they approach the screening machine. Their fifteen-year-old son,
Jordan, hangs back until his family has gone through.
Jordan says to the officer manning the machine: “I want to opt
out.”
The officer gives him a look. “What’d you say?”
The boy shoves his hands in his pockets and says, “I want to opt
out of going through the machine.”
The officer yells, apparently to the room at large: “We’ve got a
male O-P-T!”
“Jordan,” his father says, from the far side of the tunnel. “What
are you doing?”
The boy shrugs. “This is a full-body backscatter, Dad. It’s the most
dangerous and least effective screening machine on the market. I’ve
read about it and I’m not going through it.”
Bruce, who is ten yards away and knows he won’t be allowed to go
back through the scanner to join his son, shuts his mouth. He doesn’t
want Jordan to say another word.
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