“Hello, everyone.” Susan Boone came rushing in, followed, much more slowly, by the lethargic (SAT word meaning “morbidly drowsy”) Terry. “Are we all here? Is everyone ready? Terry, if you wouldn’t mind…”
Terry took off his robe and laid down on the raised platform. It wasn’t long before he fell asleep, his chest rising and falling with gentle snores.
And this time, when I drew him, I tried to concentrate on the whole, and not the parts. I roughed in the room around him, and then his place in it, trying to build my drawing the way you build a house…from the frame up, keeping in mind that there had to be a balance between the subject of my drawing and the background supporting it….
And I guess I succeeded, because when it came time for the critique of our evening’s work, Susan was pleased with my results.
“Very good, Sam,” she said, about my drawing. “You’re really learning.”
“Yes,” I said, with some surprise. “I guess I really am.”
Acknowledgments
Many thanks to Beth Ader, Jennifer Brown,
Michele Jaffe, Laura Langlie, Abigail McAden,
and, most of all, Benjamin Egnatz.
Meg Cabot
is the author of many best-selling, critically acclaimed books for teens, including the Princess Diaries books, the Mediator series, the 1-800-Where-R-You series, all-american girl, and Teen Idol, as well as Nicola and the Viscount and Victoria and the Rogue. She also writes books for adults, including The Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy’s Got One. She currently lives in Key West and New York City with her husband and a one-eyed cat named Henrietta.
Visit Meg’s website at: www.megcabot.com
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ALL-AMERICAN GIRL
TEEN IDOL
NICOLA AND THE VISCOUNT
VICTORIA AND THE ROGUE
THE PRINCESS DIARIES
THE PRINCESS DIARIES, VOLUME II: PRINCESS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
THE PRINCESS DIARIES, VOLUME III: PRINCESS IN LOVE
THE PRINCESS DIARIES, VOLUME IV: PRINCESS IN WAITING
THE PRINCESS DIARIES, VOLUME IV AND A HALF: PROJECT PRINCESS
THE PRINCESS DIARIES, VOLUME V: PRINCESS IN PINK
THE PRINCESS DIARIES, VOLUME VI: PRINCESS IN TRAINING
THE PRINCESS PRESENT: A PRINCESS DIARIES BOOK
PRINCESS LESSONS: A PRINCESS DIARIES BOOK
PERFECT PRINCESS: A PRINCESS DIARIES BOOK
HOLIDAY PRINCESS: A PRINCESS DIARIES BOOK
THE MEDIATOR 1: SHADOWLAND
THE MEDIATOR 2: NINTH KEY
THE MEDIATOR 3: REUNION
THE MEDIATOR 4: DARKEST HOUR
THE MEDIATOR 5: HAUNTED
THE MEDIATOR 6: TWILIGHT
THE BOY NEXT DOOR
BOY MEETS GIRL
EVERY BOY’S GOT ONE
THE 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU BOOKS:
WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES
CODE NAME CASSANDRA
SAFE HOUSE
SANCTUARY
Credits
Jacket art by Erin Schell
Jacket © 2005 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
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Ready or Not: An All-American Girl Novel
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Cabot, Meg.
Ready or not: an all-American girl novel / Meg Cabot.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Now a high school junior, Samantha tries to decide whether she is ready to have sex with her boyfriend, who happens to be the President’s son.
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