Ella snorted a last bit of smoke from her nose, like a dragon, and flung her butt in the creek. “That’s not a job, Soph. That’s slavery. There are child labor laws. I bet you could call social services on your mom and they would take you away like that.” Ella snapped her fingers. “Think of it—single mom sends her daughter to the city dump to work, underage, without pay, for her wicked grandmother.”
McSweeney’s has posted a glimmering excerpt from Michelle Tea‘s The Mermaid in Chelsea Creek, the first young-adult novel from their new imprint for younger readers.
Check it out—and if you’re in the Bay Area, check out the upcoming book party as well.
