Scab by Juliet OC

http://www.abctales.com/story/juliet-oc/scab

Juliet, I don't think I have given this the proper read it deserves, but I wanted to flag it before I forgot about it because I think it is ace. I love all the details that tell you about the narrator and her sister, they are brilliantly observed.

"I shout 'whoopee' and get a gob full of midges. I'm so busy wiping my tongue and lower lip on the back of my hand that I forget to dodge the big root."

"Andrea my sister is too scared and stays in the tent with the torch on. My garden looks weird in the dark ' the moon spinning magic in the silhouettes. I secretly hope we find fairies."

"'What knee?' I say. Dad says she is getting more and more confused every day, I think he might be right."

The summer holidays are endless when you're eight, I'd forgotten that. I love that the narrator has forgotten about her knee by the end of the holidays, having picked it and been so interested in it. The only bit I'm not sure about is the use of 'n' instead of 'and'. It's probably just a personal thing, but it appears so often that I kept noticing it.

Thank you for a lovely read, it really made me smile.

lib