Ida B

Ida B
by Katherine Hannigan


I'm sad, angry, and scared. I feel unloved.  My life is falling apart. But it wasn't always that way.  See I used stay home on the apple farm all the time.  My mama and daddy taught me all I needed to know.  I had time to go out and talk to the trees and brook.  I had time to be with my mama and daddy.  I was happy.


Then my mama got cancer and everything changed.  My mama was tired and sick.  My daddy was stressed.  We had to sell some of our land to pay mama's hospital bills. The new owner's cut down some of my trees.  My parents had to send me back to school.


I don't know how to deal with all of my emotions, so I'm turning my heart to steal.  I'm not going to be nice or sad.  I'll just be Ida.  Will I ever find happiness again? 


Published: 2004

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Locations: Class Library, School Library, and Public Library