Smoke and MirrorsDundurn, 2004 - 200 psl. Sixteen-year-old Simon has always been considered odd. Three years ago, a skateboarding accident caused some minor brain damage and made him a little stranger. His career-driven parents mostly leave him alone, and he spends much of his time living in his imagination. When Andrea, whom no one else can see, appears to Simon in class, he is fascinated by her and strikes up a friendship, even though he knows she may be pure hallucination - he's had imaginary friends before. Andrea says she is there to "help" him, but before the story ends, Simon discovers that it is he who needs to help Andrea, not the other way around. |
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Pagrindiniai terminai ir frazės
accident Andrea asked astral projection ball bearings beach began better brain called coma crazy Dalway deep breath doctors door dream Druids eyes face father feel felt front girl gone guess hallway hand happened head hospital hurt Julian Jaynes kind knew laughed left hemisphere LESLEY CHOYCE looked Lydia marijuana meat loaf Mel Gibson mind mistletoe Montague mother moved never Occam's razor okay once Ozzie parents pills planet problems remember Ridgefield Roger Sperry satori seemed Shinar Simon sitting skateboard smiled someone sometimes sorry Star Trek stay stopped stuff Sumerians sure surfer talk tell things thought told took a deep touched tree tried Trina trying turned voice walked wanted watching waved weird window witch wondered words
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114 psl. - She was the first girl I had ever kissed. She was the first for a lot of things, and maybe I should have apologized to Lydia and followed her.