Escape to the World's Fair (2015)
“Alexander thought to himself. Or “Owney”? He paced back and forth on the deck.
He’d come all the way over to the other side of the Addie Dauphin to clear his head, but it was no use: His head was still too full of annoying questions, like, What kind of fool would name a kid “Dutch?” and, Is Dutch even Dutch? Alexander also wondered what country the Dutch came from. He wondered if he was supposed to have learned that in school. He wondered if Frances knew.
He paced back and forth some mo...re, then he stood and watched the great big paddle wheel that churned up water in back of the boat. It went around and around like the thoughts in his head.
The thing he wondered the most was: What if Frances likes them better than me? That was the worst question of all. He couldn’t believe she didn’t mind when those older boys called her “Queenie” and “Your Majesty.” Once, back at the Careys’ farm, he’d called her “Fancy,”MoreLess
He’d come all the way over to the other side of the Addie Dauphin to clear his head, but it was no use: His head was still too full of annoying questions, like, What kind of fool would name a kid “Dutch?” and, Is Dutch even Dutch? Alexander also wondered what country the Dutch came from. He wondered if he was supposed to have learned that in school. He wondered if Frances knew.
He paced back and forth some mo...re, then he stood and watched the great big paddle wheel that churned up water in back of the boat. It went around and around like the thoughts in his head.
The thing he wondered the most was: What if Frances likes them better than me? That was the worst question of all. He couldn’t believe she didn’t mind when those older boys called her “Queenie” and “Your Majesty.” Once, back at the Careys’ farm, he’d called her “Fancy,”MoreLess
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