Book 3: Echoes Between Us by Adam Yendrek

Evidence #1

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:47:44 UTC

on page 22 it says "Today, I'm in a knitted see-through pink top with a black lace tank underneath, a layered black skirt that ends mid thigh and striped black and green knee-high socks."

Evidence #2

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:47:57 UTC

On page 34 it says "Sweet Blood pumps wildly in my veins. Footsteps pound against the title floor as people rush for the exits. Miguel and Sylvia immediately jump out the nearest opening. Kravitz unhurriedly drops from his platform, and I look at vernica again. She still stands there, watching me with that frozen glare, completely unaffected by everyone else running for their lives."

Evidence #3

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:48:04 UTC

On page 55 it says "Her deadpan Expression is one of the most paralizign things I've ever come across, and I'm the guy who does death-defying feats."

Evidence #1

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:48:18 UTC

On page 21 it says "That's what Sawyer does-- talks. Laughs. For some reason everyone loves him. Girls want to date him, guys want to be friends with him. teachers want to hate him but he charms them regardless, and coaches fall over themselves to convince him to be on their teams. That is what popularity looks like."

Evidence #2

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:48:28 UTC

On page 56 it says "The speedometer of my car rises higher and higher as I press harder on the gas. Rocks and dust fly behind me as I take the sharp curve too wide. It's a dirt road, one that was closed a few miles back. There were No Trespassing signs. Many of them along the route. But I don't care. That only adds to the growing high."

Evidence #3

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:48:32 UTC

On page 67 it says "Her black T-shirt with the name of a death metal band on the front has been cut so that it hangs precariously off one shoulder. Beneath her shirt is a spaghetti-strapped, black lace tank top. It's a sexy look not one other girl at this school would dare to rock."

Evidence #1

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:48:37 UTC

On page 39 it says "My phone pings and I glance down at the text. Glory: You need to contact me. I'm seeing things in your future that concerns me. There are things that concerns me about my future, too."

Evidence #2

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:48:43 UTC

On page 44 it says "It's not a monster, at least not the ones from Lucy's nightmares. On the ground is my mother. She rolls to her back. her hair covers her face as she giggles grow into hysterical laughter, I hate it when she goes out with her friends because this is how she comes back-- drunk."

Evidence #3

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:48:46 UTC

On page 51 it says "I'm going to do this English project that's going to prove to the world that ghosts exist. I'm doing it for my dad. "He doesn't see the ghosts, and I think it's because his mind isn't open to believing so I figure if I do my project on ghost and prove to him that they're real, he'll see the ghosts too."

Evidence #1

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:48:49 UTC

On page 81 it says "Ten miles down the road from this place is a nice drop into a pool of water. I was heading in that direction, but then guilt got the better of me. So here I am, in a room I don't belong in because if I leave, I will literally jump off a cliff."

Evidence #2

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:48:53 UTC

On page 35 it says "Veronica tilts her head at me with a knowing smirk that I envy. One that crosses my face whenever I stand on the edge of a cliff, the one I wear when my heart us pumping so fast it feels like it might burst out of my chest."

Evidence #3

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:48:55 UTC

On page 26 it says "A ladybug walks along an overgrown bush close to us and it's clear she's headed for a spider's web. Nazareth, of course, reaches over and lets the ladybug walks onto his figure before gently depositing her onto a rock wall beside him. I smile; there's such a gentleness to Nazareth I'm not sure exist in anyone else. He literally lives the phrase do no harm"

Evidence #1

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:48:59 UTC

On page 126 it says "Me: I don't. I think that's the 18 percent who cook up meth on a daily basis.

Veronica: Our house it haunted.

sure it is. I meant to text your dad. I found bigfoot taking a shower in our bathroom."

Evidence #2

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:49:03 UTC

On page 65 it says "Frank came over tonight, and played cards with Sadie, Carolyn and myself. I s'pose he'll ask me to sit with him at the movies. I wish he wouldn't, then maybe I'd get the chance to sit with Mr'K. Wish I could. Reading comes slow for me so I don't read unless forced, but something about this diary has drawn me in. Each entry is short, simple, but says so much."

Evidence #3

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:49:06 UTC

On page 80 its says "Nazareth's head drops as well all walk into his family's weekly feeling's bonfire. He hates it, but I think it's fun. Jesse starts to stand "Scarlet is going to be calling soon, and I need to get some work done on the farm before she calls so I'll--"

"Sit, Jesse." Greer demands, and he sits.

"I'm eighteen already, and I graduated. I'm adulting. Daily."

Evidence #1

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:49:11 UTC

On page 66 it says "Mom is like a snowball that's thrown at a mountain teetering on an avalanche. She tries to "fix" my life, without my consent, and ends up burying me in more problems."

Evidence #2

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:49:15 UTC

On page 133 it says "Fear dries my mouth out. Death, I'm not afraid of. Dying by drowning--I'll admit--- scares the crap out of me."

Evidence #3

yendreka25 — 2024-11-14 17:49:18 UTC

On page 69 its says "So? "When it comes to reading and writing, researching, and writing papers, it takes me longer. Is that what you want to deal with when working with a partner on this project?" Her anger slips away as she gives me a slow assessment, A look down and a look up. "Of all things that could or ever bother me, that's not one of them."

Evidence #4 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-19 23:20:05 UTC

On page 104 it says "She's a twenty something, overenthusiastic, slender woman with straight black hair and a big smile. In fact, that smile gets even bigger as she announces that we will continue our top-five senior journal project."

Evidence #5 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-19 23:20:20 UTC

on page 132 it says "Sawyer scans the area and there's nothing but a rock ledge on either side of us. On the other side of the river, there's a sloped clearing. Too bad we aren't over there. I think about the two teens, of their car hurtling down this cliff, and I think of what it must have been like to hit the river, to struggle to breathe, to only take in water and for the last thing they to be the murky blackness."

Evidence #4 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-19 23:20:31 UTC

On page 136 it says "She says, and the sincerity in her eyes causes me to look away.

"Thank you for trusting me. Besides, you did the hard part. It takes a massive amount of control to suppress thousands of years of survival instincts. Most people would have tired to push me down to keep themselves up. You kept your cool in a hard situation."

Evidence #5 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-19 23:20:41 UTC

on page 115 it says "Rare frustration leaks into her tone. "Spirits are naturally drawn to you, and when you start communicating with them you're inviting them to attach themselves to you."

Evidence #4 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-19 23:21:02 UTC

On page 130 it says "I point to the Caution sign behind us then follow along the road to show the curve before the bridge. "A driver lost control of the car, missed the bridge completely due to the curve the went over the edge into the river. The people in the car drowned."

"Two teens, right? On the way home from a dance?" Sawyer glanced over at me with a knowing smirk on his face, and I smile because he's correct."

Evidence #5 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-19 23:21:11 UTC

on page 181 it says "Simple answer---because someone took me on and saved my life. Complicated answer---there are a ton of things wrong with what you told me, but there's one that bothers me the most. You're more concerned that your friend was in danger than you are that what you do will get you killed."

Evidence #4 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-19 23:21:16 UTC

On page 177 it says "I glanced at the clock on the stove. It's six in the evening. How long can a person sleep? As if reading my mind, he says "When she gets bad migraines, she's been known to sleep for close to twenty four hours. I know it was tough with V's friends graduating and Nazareth on a different track than her to find a partner for the project."

Evidence #5 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-19 23:21:24 UTC

on page 181 it says "Then I think of Veronica shaking in my arms, her pale face, her wide eyes. I can't do that again. Not to her. Not ever. "I don't drink. I have these urges for an adriallance rush. I find dangerous cliffs and jump into water, and now its getting tight to stop."

Evidence #4 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-19 23:21:31 UTC

on page 116 it says "She places a hand to her head as if it aches, and I understand how she feels. "I'm sorry you're in pain," I say, and my guilt becomes a weight on my chest."

Evidence #5 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-19 23:21:39 UTC

On page 149 it says "I back it up, listen again, and my hands shake with excitement.

Me: "Is there anything else you think I should know?"

A whispered voice: "He's hurting."

Evidence #4 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-19 23:21:47 UTC

On page 121 it says "She shouts. "I don't want to hear it. I would remember, you're wrong and none of what you're saying has anything to do with the real problem."

Evidence #5 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-19 23:21:53 UTC

on page 169 it says "Don't believe the game is worth the candle---I had no idea what that meant and looked it up. It means whatever the situation is, it's not worth the work put into it."