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"My name is Marnie Miller." Marnie repeated her name, grinding out sounds with exaggerated slowness as she looked in her dressing table mirror. Her lips clamped tight on the Ms and stretched wide at the Y sound. She said the words faster, taking deep breaths at each interval. Her eyes were serious. A bead of perspiration stood out at the edge of her bangs.
Downstairs a door opened, and Marnie heard a voice talking to her mother. Then cowboy boots made thumping noises on the stairs. Marnie's friend Kendra burst into the room and flopped on the bed. Kendra popped her gum and asked, "Practicing for the drama tryouts?"
"You know I can't be in the play," said Marnie. "I'm doing my daily exercise for speech therapy." She sighed. "As if it does me any good."
"Mmm," said Kendra. "I thought I heard Mrs. Logan asking you to try out. She never asked me."
"I'm not going to," said Marnie. "If I got a part, the whole seventh grade would be laughing at me. Can't you hear me up on the stage stammering every line?"
Kendra popped another bubble and stretched out on the bed. "How... |
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