Green Comet

Today’s reading is part two of Under the Lunchbox Tree by John Kessel, part of a collection of short stories called The Baum Plan for Financial Independence. It’s about eleven minutes long. Like other Okanagan Reader stories it is licensed Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike. Mira finds someone who will help her get out of there. His name is Teddy, and he’s easily convinced. Listen to this and other stories on the Audio page. There are over a hundred readings there now, so scroll down near the bottom of the page for this one.

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Today’s reading is part one of Under the Lunchbox Tree by John Kessel, part of a collection of short stories called the Baum Plan for Financial Independence. It’s about ten minutes long. Like other Okanagan Reader stories it is licensed Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike. 12-year-old Mira wasn’t enjoying Camp Swampy. She didn’t like most of the girls, but worst was the boredom. She had to find a way out of there. Listen to this and other stories on the Audio page. There are over a hundred readings there now, so scroll down near the bottom of the page for this one.

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