Maureen Johnson
Maureen Johnson
Maureen Johnsonis an American author of young adult fiction. She has published ten young adult novels to date, including the Shades of London series and the Suite Scarlett series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 February 1973
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
morning nine body
Did you hear?" he asked. "They found another body around nine this morning. It's the Ripper, definitely." "Good morning," I replied. "Morning. Listen to this. The second victim...
motivation singing lines
New start or not, there was a line to be drawn, and that line was singing musicals to yourself as serious psychological motivation.
morning math thinking
I had one class in the morning, the mysteriously named "Further Maths". It was two hours long and so deeply frightening that I think I went into a trance.
heart names jubilee
Before I take you into the beating heart of the story, let’s get one thing out of the way. I know from experience that when it comes up later, it will distract you so much that you won’t be able to concentrate on anything else I will tell you. My name is Jubilee Dougal. Take a moment and let it sink in.
funny-life lines brevity
It was almost funny. Life seemed downright accidental in its brevity, and death a punch line to a lousy joke.
proximity familiarity
Proximity doesn't breed familiarity.
home people hug
People were freaked out, but they showed it in weird ways. Back home, people would have been weeping and doing a lot of very public group hugs. At Wexford people just aggressively pretended nothing had happened.
nice bras fixture
One of them hung a pink bra from our lighting fixture. I left it there. It was a nice bra
wrestling animal leisure-activities
Something about her suggested that her leisure activities included wrestling large woodland animals and banging bricks together.
students student-council type
Prefects. I had learned this one. Student council types, but with superpowers. They who must be obeyed.
want break
Can I tell you something you really don't want to hear? He's going to break up with you. - Stuart
kissing water laughing
With that, I splashed some water on my face, fixed on a smile, and stepped out. I would find Jerome. I would make him explain to me what I was missing. We would laugh, then we would kiss with tongue, and all would be well.
hate finding-yourself quitting
My rule is: the second you find yourself doing something you hate, quit doing it.
beautiful caring two
I knew it was beautiful, but knowing something is beautiful and caring about it are two very different things, and I didn't care.