Cast of Wonders 492: Stillwater• Author:
Valerie Kemp • Narrator:
Adam Pracht • Host:
Katherine Inskip• Audio Producer:
Jeremy Carter"Stillwater" was previously published in the anthology Defy the Dark, Harper Teen, July 2013.Click here to listen to Episode 492Nothing ever changes in Stillwater. Nothing. I get up every morning at the crack of dawn, in the blazing heat, and drive our pick-up all over, delivering eggs and milk and whatever else my daddy feels like selling, to the good people of Stillwater, population 413.
I work my way in a circle from the edge of town, where we live, to the center. I endure all the little old ladies who like to pinch my cheek when they tell me, “Why Pruitt Reese, you are becoming more like your daddy every day!” Like that’s a good thing.
Tags: Adam Pracht, American SF, escape, families, feuds, forgetting, Jeremy Carter, Katherine Inskip, leap of faith, lost time, memories, mystery, prejudice, romance, rural SF, Valerie Kemp, young adult fiction
