Falling From The Sky
Release Date: 02/21/14
Summary from Goodreads:
All stability in sixteen-year-old Ridge McCoy's life crashed and
burned in the plane crash that killed his dad. This summer-long basketball camp
is his chance to improve his skills and escape his problems back home. But his
summer plans take a turn in an unexpected direction when he meets Micah
Youngblood, the guy who runs the carousel at the local mall and has a
reputation for devouring straight boys' heterosexuality for breakfast,
alongside his chocolate chip pancakes.
Ridge needs a way to avoid the guys at camp, whose only quest for the summer is
to drown in beer and hook up with girls. So when Micah offers to explain how
the ten unique horses on the carousel are significant to his tribe, Ridge takes
him up on it. Still, Ridge can't decide if this is a bad thing or not. All he
knows is that he hasn't felt this alive since his dad fell from the sky, and as
the horse adventures come to an end, Ridge finds himself falling as well – for
Micah.
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Nikki Godwin is a Young Adult author from the southern USA. She is a city girl who can't live without Mountain Dew, black eyeliner, Hawthorne Heights, and candles from Bath & Body Works. When not writing, she's not-so-secretly internet-stalking her favorite bands. She is slightly obsessed with rock stars and surfers. She no longer hides her love for One Direction.
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“You really think I can
explain all of that to you in a few minutes?” he asks.
I glance at my cell
phone. Curfew is in two hours. “I have time,” I say.
He laughs and shakes
his head. “I need more time than what you have tonight. It’d seriously take all
day just to tell you about one horse, much less ten. You know, I could just
show you instead,” he says.
“What are you
suggesting?” I ask.
“Give me ten days this
summer,” he says.
“I don’t know if I can.
It’s going to be a busy summer,” I say.
Really, I just don’t
know if I can handle Micah for ten days of the summer. He talks too damn much,
and I don’t want him latching on to me like I’m his best friend.
He doesn’t buy my
excuse. “You practice when, Monday through Friday? Do you plan on going home
every weekend? Where are you from anyway?”
Yeah. Already getting
on my nerves.
“Yes. Maybe. Markham,”
I answer.
Weekends on campus will
get boring. I don’t plan on going out with the guys at camp and getting drunk.
Terrence won’t be around much. And I’m sure as hell not going home on the
weekends to deal with Mom’s crying, Jordan’s complaining, and Samantha’s
attempt to fake a relationship with me.
But Micah doesn’t need
to know that.
“I can work my schedule
around yours,” he offers. He scribbles his phone number down on the back of a
mall pamphlet. “Just in case you change your mind or get bored.”
He pulls the lever
again, and the horses stop spinning. The girls climb down from their mounts and
run back over to us. I have to get out of here before they disappear, and he
traps me with more Xbox conversation. I glance down at the mall pamphlet in my
hand.
“We’ll see,” I say.
“I’ve gotta head back, so I’ll see you around.”
I don’t give him a
chance to persuade me any more than he’s already tried to.
Room eleven is still
silent when I get back. Terrence won’t be back until morning. I don’t mind the
silence, though. I’d rather be alone. When I’m alone, I don’t get fake sympathy
and “it’ll get better” speeches. I don’t get asked stupid questions about how I’m
holding up or if I need to talk. It’s probably written all over my face that
I’m alone and need pity, even here, away from annoying brothers, grieving moms,
distant girlfriends, and rainforests that eat planes. That’s probably why Micah
wants to be my friend this summer. I probably sweat tragedies the way my summer
teammates will sweat alcohol.
I empty my pockets and
crumple up the mall pamphlet. Micah’s phone number falls from the sky and
crash-lands in the metal garbage bin by the door. I flip off the light.
I’d rather be alone all
summer.
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