Author: Kimberly Willis Holt – Middle Grade Carousel

Ride ’em

It felt like I was in a Western movie. I opened my eyes and stretched one arm toward the sky. "Yee-haw!" -Piper Reed, Navy Brat by Kimberly Willis Holt

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Goodbye Kisses

Piper Reed, Navy Brat by Kimberly Willis Holt

Pink and red lipstick kisses polka-dotted my face. My hair was tousled and my clothes looked wrinkly After smelling the aunts’ and grandmas’ floral perfumes, I needed lots of fresh oxygen.
Piper Reed, Navy Brat by Kimberly Willis Holt