Cricket Magazine Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories for Children and Young Teens

THE LONELY GIRL

I’M SURPRISED TO see a black vehicle roll up the long, weedy gravel driveway. It had been years since anyone had come to the house. I lean into the window bay, straining to see more from my upstairs room, but the windows of the car are tinted so dark I can’t see the passengers.

I close my eyes, cross my fingers, and make a wish. Whoever is arriving,

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