Sarah Dooley is the author of two published novels for middle grade readers, Body of Water (2011) and Livvie Owen Lived Here (2010), both from Feiwel & Friends. Her newest novel, Free Verse, will be published in 2014 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons. Sarah lives in Huntington, WV, where she teaches students with autism.
Sarah Dooley
Articles by Sarah Dooley
Wednesday December 5
Free Verse
When I wake up, it’s thunder storming and I stay in the culvert, which is getting more and more filled with water. It’s like the day when Michael did not come home. I cannot make myself stand. My joints stay folded. My limbs stay useless. The water rises.