“They’d reopened by moving all their stock to one side of the large—for the island that is—warehouse space and hanging clear plastic painting tarps from the ceiling to cover the unrepaired soaked drywall and imploded timber on the side the storm had destroyed. Once I’d gotten home, I’d spray-painted the arrows silver and made a quiver out of a roll of brown felt. I wore brown pants tucked into old riding boots (thrift store), a military-looking belt and a navy windbreaker under a longer suede co...at (thrift store again). I braided my hair. While I got ready, Mom sat on my bed and watched. She hadn’t read or seen The Hunger Games, but I told her the story. And she loved Halloween. She’d made caramel apples to hand out to the kids, as well as the requisite supply of drugstore fun sizes. “It’s a circle pin with a bird in the center?” she asked. I didn’t have something to use as Katniss’s mockingjay pin. It was the last piece I needed for my costume. “It can be any bird pin.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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