I Need A New Friend. I Need

I Want To Be In Fifth Grade Again. Now, That Is A Deep Dark Secret, Almost As Big As The Other One. Fifth Grade Was Easy -- Old Enough To Play Outside Without Mom, Too Young To Go Off The Block. The Perfect Leash Length.

They Say They Have Noticed Me Drawing. I Almost Tell Them Right Then And There. They Noticed.

You Have To Know What You Stand For, Not Just What You Stand Against.

You Hurt Her By Starving Yourself, You Hurt Her With Your Lies, And By Fighting Everybody Who Tries To Help You. Emma Can Only Sleep A Couple Of Hours A Night Now. She's Haunted By Nightmares Of Monsters That Eat Our Whole Family. They Eat Us Slowly, She Says, So We Can Feel Their Sharp Teeth.

He Doesn't See My Breasts Or My Waist Or My Hips. He Only Sees The Nightmare.