| 单词 | Finn |
| 例句 | To Finn, the photo looked like every other photo of every other family: two parents, two little kids, all the people smiling like nothing could ever go wrong. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Tyrell hung out at Finn’s house so much that a neighbor had asked once if they were twins—even though Tyrell was black and Finn was white. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Finally,” Finn exploded as soon as he stepped out into the hall. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And somehow, this morning, Finn liked that better. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “You mean, it’s going to be something with math,” Finn said glumly. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn stared at his own blank computer screen, the picture of the unknown computer programmers seeming to taunt him about everything he didn’t know, everything he was useless at helping the other kids find out. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Whatever force was holding Roza’s sole to the earth above suddenly gave way, and Roza would have dropped headfirst into the clouds had Finn not caught her, setting her on her numb feet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She gave Finn a last smile, didn’t protest as the man steered her away. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When Jonas Apple grew tired of the books and the waiting, and he asked for a description, every detail Finn could remember, Finn couldn’t remember anything about the man. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn was counting the money by the fire when a man sauntered into our campsite. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Three ones in a row, she said, always reminded her of Chess and Emma and Finn, not just the number 111. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn tried to think of something else to talk about. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But just then he heard Finn shout from upstairs: “Chess! Emma! Get up here now!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn asked, so innocently he practically chirped the words. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Lash emerged with the lead, a troika of Finns just behind him. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Finn remembered what Charlie Valentine said, that he might never figure out what made his brother happy. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z That made sense: Chess was taller than practically every other boy his age; Finn was one of the shortest kids in his class. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She saw Finn and Natalie in the doorway to Mom’s room. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Finn, I know we can do this together. Because we have to. There isn’t any other choice.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, Finn, maybe the Google pictures of the other street were taken so long ago, those fences weren’t built yet,” Natalie said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And then Mom gasped and began laughing and crying all at once, and alternately holding her hands over her mouth and holding on to Emma and Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z A tall man stood in front of him, taller than Finn, taller than Sean, a total stranger yet so familiar at the same time. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn didn’t believe in ghosts, and though the corn wouldn’t stop yapping at him, he was pretty sure it stayed put. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn hadn’t entirely understood what the sign had meant about a “trial and sentencing,” or why anyone would call his mother a criminal. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z As soon as she let go, Finn turned around, to face away from the street. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Calamity followed Finn as he weeded and watered their puny half acre of new vegetables—asparagus, kale, onion, beans, carrots, spinach, beets, broccoli, tomatoes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And not when one guard already had his hands around Finn’s arm; not when a second guard was already reaching for Emma. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She returned to Finn’s room and placed the saucer on the floor by the closet door, where the mother could find it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The only respite is lunch, where Finn has his two best friends, Ralph and Dylan. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Finn stood there, frozen, staring down the road, until a voice behind him said, “That fool horse is headed right for the highway.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn would pull Petey into his arms, and he would kiss her until they were both so dazed they could barely walk. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “That’s the biggest high school myth of all lime, Finn,” Dad said. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The men in suits drive away and the stable man says he has to wait for the lorry to take Finn away, he can’t leave him alone or the rats will be at him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “And even though it’s the same color as the wood, it’s actually metal,” Finn added. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He might even help Finn buy new ones and put them in a brand-new backpack they couldn’t afford. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The hospital was twenty minutes from where the horse had stomped Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn wanted to yell back at Judge Morales, just the way he’d yell at a playground bully, You’re the one with the fake recording! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Minus most of the prequels. And you know I got my boy Finn’s back.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He shut down the laptop from the Boring Room and maneuvered Finn between him and Emma. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z With the crickets chirping through the open window, Priscilla “Petey” Willis sat cross-legged on her bed in-the dark of her room, waiting for Finn to appear like some sort of magic trick. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It should have been a relief not to have branches tearing at his clothes and hair constantly, but now Finn felt too exposed. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z So Sean filled out his applications and lined up his financial aid and packed his bags, and Didi said, “I met an orthodontist on the internet, and I’m moving to Oregon,” and Finn said, “What?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Finn, don’t worry about those other kids,” she said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Each woman still ends up having kids named Rochester, Emma, and Finn, on the exact same dates,” she added. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Now Emma needed to use logic to be cruel to Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Roza,” she said gravely, in an accented voice much deeper than Finn would have expected. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Could it be true that nobody saw Finn except the old lady? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z At the food table, where Finn was going in for another round of honey clusters, Jonas Apple sidled up. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z As if taking care of Finn and keeping him happy was the most important thing. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And then Finn was waking up, lifting his head from where it bobbed against Chess’s shoulder. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Of course Finn didn’t know anything about codes. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z A few days after the Rude boys left him smeared on the road, Finn wandered among the tents, stopping to look at this sheep, that pig, this dog, that rabbit. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn spread the photos Petey had given him out on the table, trying to guess who was who. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z They appeared to be playing tug-of-war with Natalie’s phone—had Finn tried to take it away from her? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But Finn kind of didn’t even want to think about it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But they didn’t have time, they had no time at all, and Finn knew it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Though he knew what he would find, or what he wouldn’t, Finn once again pushed open the door. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But the idea that it could have been Finn who’d scared her made that mark in the center of his chest throb. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Nobody from the bank chased out after Finn’s mom,” Lucy said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn took a step closer while Jinx inched out of the trees into the clearing. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Chess growled, which was from a book Finn had loved when he was little. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The other four kittens—Frank, Derek, Spike, and Priscilla—had moved to Finn’s barn, where the mice were now busily dying of despair. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z They were inside the building now, and Finn had never felt so small before in his life. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She said, “Finn. I am sorry. Please. I go now. Tell Sean...” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Darla plunked the lemonade in front of Finn, startling him out of his daydreams. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Emma, Finn, and Chess all whirled toward the older girl, who was rifling through one shoebox full of money after another. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Petey and her mother got to Finn’s house about an hour after Finn attempted to grate himself into sausage and his brother had to cart him off to the hospital for reassembly. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn tried to speak a little more softly, going on, but his voice still rose in excitement. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Chess tightened his arms around Finn, who was still soundly asleep. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The three Greystone kids always raced each other home when they got off the school bus, and Finn always won. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He was joined in the dark hallway by Emma and Finn, each bearing laptops of their own. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z If Sean was his mother’s big boy, Finn was his mother’s beautiful boy. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And maybe Chess was kind of good at acting himself, because the one-armed hug felt exactly like it did when Chess was really trying to comfort Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn drew his forearms in tighter so that they brushed against Petey’s waist. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Mom wants me to keep Emma and Finn safe, he thought. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn used cold and trembling fingers to peel back his eyelids, forced his reluctant eyes to focus. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn drifted around, rootless and aimless as dandelion fluff in the wind. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn watched Darla dance from one customer to the next, doling out food and drinks and extra ketchup. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Three?—Chess got an image in his head of a whole row of police cars pulling up behind them, maybe picking off Finn.... The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Huckleberry Finn they saved for me until the third grade, tantalizingly holding it back as if it contained the very secrets of life. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Mom let us watch The Lego Batman Movie the other night,” Finn began. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn’s smile vanished and his face contorted into an angry scowl. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Finn cracked the spaghetti in half and jammed it into the pot with a wooden spoon. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn’s stomach roiled and his eyelids ticked and the horseshoe burned over his heart. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The roar of police sirens behind them reminded Finn that even if that had been true before, it wasn’t true now. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They gaped when she sat on the other side of Finn and gave his arm a squeeze. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The epileptic kid—me, Finn Easton—didn't have a driver's license. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “There shouldn’t be any such thing as bad-news special breakfast,” Finn said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Apple said anything about Petey having a sting, Finn would punch him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn had asked anxiously as he watched Joe write the words. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z With Sean searching for Charlie’s chicken, Finn took care of dinner: a box of macaroni mixed with a pound of ground beef and some peas. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When Finn reminded him that, duh, of course the corn was alive, all plants were alive, Miguel replied that the corn sounded alive alive. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z For all Finn knew, Natalie also might have an IQ that was as huge as her house. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn saw Chess’s face change, as if someone had flipped a switch. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn pushed back his chair and went to the window. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Mom seemed to shake herself and looked down at Finn as if she was seeing him—really seeing him—for the first time since he’d walked into the kitchen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “It’s—” Finn began, and Emma clapped her hand over his mouth so he couldn’t give them away. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It’s not fun today, Finn wanted to say. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Chess glanced over at Finn, draped across Ms. Morales’s office couch and still soundly asleep. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She handed the stick to Finn, who held the marshmallow over the flames. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He spoke softly—for Finn, anyway—but he still glanced over his shoulder as if terrified the guards would come again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn sniffed a sleeve, and there it was: Mom’s unique odor, a mix of vanilla and Spring Breeze laundry detergent, with maybe some cinnamon and grass stain lurking underneath. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The horse gave the doors a hard kick, the force nearly knocking Finn over. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And after Finn had eaten more honey clusters than was lawful in the state of Illinois, Mel packed an extra tin for Sean, along with a large jar of honey, in a brown shopping bag. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It was the most grown-up thing Finn had ever done, that he kept standing there peering into Mom’s closet. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn just counted the rest of his money and stuffed it into his pocket. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Finn, why don’t you go pet Rocket and keep him company for a few minutes?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And that was precisely when I totally figured out how I—Finn Easton—could never have been trapped in my dad’s novel in the first place. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Ms. Morales is the woman Finn always called Perfume Lady,” Mom said, sounding desperate. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn bent down and saw that Rocket was lying upside down, his paw swiping up toward a cord plugged into the wall behind the dresser. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “And, see, here’s my mom’s butterfly logo again,” Finn said, reaching the bottom of the bakery homepage. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Why had the kids in that family vanished, when in Finn’s family…. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn took Roza’s arm and started to pull her away when the man said, “I’m impressed. But this changes nothing.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Chess caught up to Finn and put his arm around his brother’s shoulder. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn couldn’t let himself think about how everything would be better if Mom was there. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn flipped pages, reading the lists of names until he came to his own, three names down from the top of the page. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Like a brainless terrier, Finn chased the car down the road until it vanished in the darkness. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When their marshmallows were burned the right degree of delicious, Petey gave Finn two crackers and a piece of chocolate. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Even in the near-total darkness, Finn could see Mom shaking her head. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Tell her you’re Captain Finn of the Police Department. Say you have some sad news. Give her the news, and see what she says.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Finn whipped his gaze over to Natalie and Chess, who had their palms out, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Sean could turn up there, too, but Finn needn’t have worried; the house was dark. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Mom knows Chess, Finn, and I all know about this hiding place, doesn’t she? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn had no idea where they’d come from or how he could have missed them. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Still, Finn felt a little bit like he was watching strangers. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But even Finn seemed weighted down, his steps sluggish. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Calamity Jane spent every night sleeping on Finn’s bed and had never seemed happier. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The Scare Crow backed away from Finn, vanishing into the tangle of bodies like an eel retreats into a bed of river weed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He grabbed Emma’s arm and Finn’s hand and took off running. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Sirens flashed, and Sean and Jonas Apple helped Finn to his feet, his legs so stiff he could no longer feel them, the air outside him and the air inside him foggy and thick. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z As in the graveyard, Finn wasn’t sure what he was supposed to do. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn knew she didn’t mean it as an insult. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She looked back to see if Finn was behind her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn said, and he hoped the other three would laugh. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, he does,” said Finn, both embarrassed and pleased that they were talking like this, as weird as it was. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Then Finn said, “I’m meeting Petey at the Chat n’ Chew later. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “There’s no wind in the basement,” Finn said, unnecessarily. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “That would mean Finn had to listen for once, instead of talking,” Emma said, rubbing Finn’s head fondly and making his messy brown hair even messier. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn’s breathing got harder and deeper, as if his very breath was angry and was attempting to launch an attack from the depths of his lungs. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Then she reached out her hand, so that Finn could place the key in it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Emma looked up at Chess, and they both shrugged and grinned and followed Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Okay,” said Finn, using a wad of napkins to blot the lemonade on his jeans. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Sean picked him up, drove him home in a silence so absolute Finn felt as if he were wearing a helmet packed with lamb’s wool. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Finn, Chess, and me—we can’t watch anymore. It’s too hard. And we need all three of our brains for figuring out Mom’s code.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But instead of a swarm, Finn walked into a massacre. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn could practically hear the frown in Ms. Morales’s voice. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn didn’t ask Jonas Apple why he’d drink a drink that tasted like aspirin, as concerned as he was about drugs. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He cleared his throat and said, “You know, Finn, when it does happen, just be smart. Normal or not, you’re smart.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z My father told me once, If that doesn't make you a poet, Finn, nothing will. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t want you to do that,” said Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Because of what Roza had taught them, Finn and his brother could eat what they grew and still have some to sell at the farmers’ market. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The sound reminded Finn of an earlier time, a time when another car was jerking left and right, Roza’s pale hands slapping at the back window. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Ms. Morales looked down at the cat in Finn’s arms. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And the next thing Finn knew, he was waking up in the bedroom Ms. Morales had assigned him, rather than the office, where he’d fallen asleep. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I wish you’d just relax. Dr. Finn only wants to talk to you.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Finn, why don’t you look around up here,” Chess suggested. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Mom told Finn and me that sometimes kids start acting weird about the time they turn thirteen. Or even just twelve. Like you.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I am not named after the Finn in my father’s book; I swear. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Dr. Finn told me to do that when we arrived,” she says. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “What was Finn like as a really little kid?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When Finn opened the door to the cab, Mustard leaped inside. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z At the hospital, Finn was poked, prodded, X-rayed, plucked free of embedded gravel, rubbed down with stinging antiseptic, and swaddled in bandages. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The room was abuzz with the news that Derek Rude had come out to his family and that his date was a dark-haired boy who bore a slight resemblance to Finn O’Sullivan. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And then Finn saw that there wasn’t just the image of Mom, up there at the front, but she was actually sitting there. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But Rocket seemed to think Finn was playing, too, and batted his paw at Finn instead. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn was framed in the open window, his face beautiful as always—divine—but a little sad, too. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn slowly turned in a circle, taking in the immensity of his task. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn knelt to examine Junior, then looked at me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Roza wandered back to the sculptures while Finn went to get them cookies and warm cider. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn nestled in close, wrapping his arms around her waist. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Chess raced over and grabbed Finn, and his arms were long enough to wrap around Emma at the same time. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Chess put a hand on Finn’s head and one on Emma’s shoulder. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn stepped back into the corn to watch it go by. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn clamped his mouth shut and jerked his head, motioning for Charlie to go on. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Feeling alone and unsure, I follow Ms. Finn into a small office that is very similar to the waiting room. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Without thinking, Finn thrust the mirror shard at him, but the Scare Crow didn’t move; he was that still, that fearless, that invincible. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn knew what she wasn’t saying: So you don’t have to hear the voice that sounds like your mother’s but isn’t. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They flipped up and landed on top of the backpack—someday, Finn vowed, he would get Emma to teach him that trick. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Even when Finn went over and snuggled against her, she didn’t move. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I had them both on their feet with the desperate suggestion that they help me make tea in the kitchen when the demoniac Finn brought it in on a tray. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I remind myself that it’s not my business to tell Finn what to do. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Then, in one swift movement, Finn grabbed Jinx, twisted him around, and shoved the gun into his back. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He gazed down with intent, looking right into the dead face of Finn Bennett and wondering at his missing foot. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Finn. Even though Priscilla thinks this is silly, five years from now, she’ll be happy to read your message.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “That one has nice knees,” Finn said, finally. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Don’t let Finn see how scared I am. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She was looking around and barely even glanced at Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He wasn’t going to ask if that other mom had the same birthday, too, just like her kids had the same birthdays as Chess, Emma, and Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The corn had hidden her for as long as it could, and then Sean and Finn had hidden her for a time, even if they hadn’t known it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn and the mare stood in the circle of hives, listening to the deep hum of the bees, feeling that hum in their skin. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He said to me, “Finn, I wish you would never grow up and go away.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z When they were done, the boys gathered around and peered down at Finn, sprawled on the cracked asphalt. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn drew the curtains in the living room so that the people choking up the lawn wouldn’t gape. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Sean and Finn were raised in a farm town; they were no strangers to growing food. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Now she was clinging to Finn on her left and Chess on her right. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The words that came into his head were “and with something evil,” but Finn didn’t like those words. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She regarded the main part of the basement: the one saggy couch that had been retired from the living room upstairs after Finn spilled grape Kool-Aid on it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn could always tell, even from this far away. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And again Finn was a step ahead of Emma, scrambling up over the edge of the stage and scurrying toward Mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Two years ago, even as Finn and Emma laughed and laughed and laughed, Mom had tried to explain that she wasn’t really worried about kidnappers. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn decided neon green was his new favorite color. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn was doing his best not to look at her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When their mother was still around, she would buy them ice cream bars from the freezer at the grocery—an almond bar forSean, a Bomb Pop for Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Chess forced himself to fake a smile at Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn said, “I thought she wanted to go, too.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Excuse me, pardon me, excuse me,” Finn said, as he barreled through the throngs of people, thousands of people, more people than he’d ever seen at the fair, or anywhere in his life. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But Finn didn’t know any local people who had owned a horse as special as this one; he would have remembered. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But he was worried when she refused to go to the hospital, worried when she would allow only Finn to touch her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Mom doesn’t use the internet down here,” Finn said, spitting out each word like a bullet. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Petey plucked at the old blanket on the end of her bed, the one that she’d brought outside and laid by the fire, the one on which she and Finn had been together. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She didn’t admit how shaken she still was by the thought of Finn and Natalie being trapped in the secret room. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn had to hold himself back from jumping up and down with excitement. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It’s possible that they’re reacting to the thing that Finn has allowed himself to become. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Finn’s eyes flooded, and he balled up his fists and pressed them against his eyelids until the tears went away. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z His tea was cold, but he sipped it anyway as Finn burst into the kitchen. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z A box of tissues is conveniently placed next to the plush couch where Ms. Finn instructs me to “sit, relax, make yourself at home.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Priscilla Willis glanced up from the flames as Finn and the mare stepped close. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z They had almost reached Finn’s house when they heard the buzzing. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He knew he wasn’t going back with Finn. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Finn burst out, because he saw the cat rubbing against Ms. Morales’s ankles and her high-heeled shoes. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z In the sudden glow, Chess saw that Finn had also swung the door of the little side room open. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And, over on the other side of Emma, Finn was holding her hand, so the three of them probably looked like really, really little kids going off to preschool or something like that. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z What had Darla said, that Finn didn’t recognize her with the dyed red hair? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn wiped his forehead where the sweat was beginning to bead and only managed to wipe honey all over himself—sticky everywhere. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It’d probably be like her face on Christmas morning, or on Mother’s Day when Finn made her two cards. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Was Finn the only one who still didn’t understand? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The clock read two in the morning, and his body begged for sleep, but Finn was having none of that. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The stable man who takes care of Finn the Horse says he found him like that this morning and it’s strange because he’s always up and ready for his feed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Finn folded his arms across his chest, then winced as a bolt of pain rocketed around his torso. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Once, she had asked Finn what his favorite book was, and he’d blushed and wouldn’t answer the question. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And then Mom would shut the laptop and forget those other kids; she would bring out snacks and ask Finn and Emma and Chess about school. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z When people spoke to him, however, Finn focused on their mouths, or their hair, or their eyebrows, or their shoes, and forgot to focus on their words. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I think of Huck Finn again and feel myself blush. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Finn, Tyrell, and Lucy all bent their heads over their desks. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Chess double-checked to make sure he had the phone in his own hand set to mute any noise he, Emma, or Finn might make. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She saw how Finn had gone back to clutching Mom’s arm, how Chess huddled helplessly on the floor, how Mom held her face in her hands. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Chess had started to bend down, so Finn’s mouth was right by Chess’s ear. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn didn’t bother mentioning how long he’d been looking for Calamity already. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Since they’d started the job, Finn and Miguel had replaced more than a dozen fence posts, spliced hundreds of yards of wire, and still it was as if they’d barely begun. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “No reason,” said Petey, who had no real reasons but a gnawing worry in her gut that Finn was hiding something from her, from everyone, and she had to know what it was. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn was rustling around the campsite, grabbing his belongings. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The man moved, a series of skittering twitches like a ghost in a movie, his face inches from Finn’s. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z As soon as he was through the door, Finn poked his head around the corner and looked around. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “And this one’s from the Boring Room,” Finn said, adding the third laptop. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “You can ask Finn when he comes back. You guys should talk anyway.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “I’m Ms. Finn,” she says, bending over to shake my hand. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Were you able to find a malapropism in Huckleberry Finn? Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Lonogan favored the goat with a frown, then turned back to Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn, who never wanted to see his brother cry, now got to watch him blush the shade of pomegranates. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Every evening, when the darkness had settled over Bone Gap, Finn sneaked out to the barn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn couldn’t imagine how many bees there were. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “I guess I never looked at it that way. That’s what Finn did and I was with Finn.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Finn took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn still didn’t understand everything, but he didn’t want to be the reason Mom had to lie. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But Finn knew Joe was really watching the screen embedded in his own glasses. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I supposed that was what Julia Bishop laughed about—the thought of her walking up to me and asking, Hey, Finn> by any chance are you a Jew? 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He looked at the ground, at the shovel, at Finn, everywhere but the road. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She had an extra-concerned look on her face when she said, “Finn? Are you all right, sweetie?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Finn looked like he wanted to act stubborn, but he’d gotten stuck on forlorn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn stepped back into the empty house and scooped up Rocket. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He pulled on Finn’s arm, then Other-Finn’s arm, too, tugging them both along with him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z So three whole days had passed while three kids named Rochester, Emma, and Finn in Ohio had no idea that three other kids named Rochester, Emma, and Finn had been kidnapped in Arizona. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Mrs. Rabinsky was an old, grandmotherly type who made no secret of the fact that Finn was her favorite of the three kids. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Rocky squinted at Chess, then yanked on Other-Finn’s arm the same way Chess was tugging on Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He wanted to tell Finn, Don’t think I’m babying you. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn talked to squirrels and mooned out the window. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Come on,” Finn said, pointing in the direction of the moped. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Each step of the mare brought Petey closer, until she was fitted to Finn like a puzzle piece, her head under his chin. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And there was the mysterious shadowy figure that loomed from nowhere, accidentally frightening Finn into stepping in one of Uncle Louvers traps. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He leaned his weight against Finn to move him closer to Miguel, as if that would keep the flock safe. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Not the terrifying buzz of nightmares, not the low buzz of sleepy bees, but the buzz of the people of Bone Gap, all of whom seemed to be gathered in Finn’s front yard. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Out of the corner of his eye, Finn saw Mom’s image on the screen behind them again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The Finns were small and distant, much too far away to catch. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He slid his arms under Finn’s neck and knees and lifted. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Well, let’s go look at that,” Finn said, with only a little of his usual bounce. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “She—” Finn started to tell about how Mom was going on a business trip to Chicago. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He wasn’t about to say that to Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “But she’s a graphic designer,” Chess added, just as Finn said, “She makes websites.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The man squeezed Finn’s shoulder, squeezed too hard. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z To Finn, Petey said, “Get me a pop, okay? I’m going to try to tame this.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But the truth was, Finn had never stopped. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn could tell that Emma was doing what he did sometimes, where she was so upset she was just talking and talking and talking to keep herself from thinking about how upset she was. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He was a little afraid Finn would suggest, Let’s race like we always do! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Sean kept the bathroom so clean that the box didn’t have a speck of dust on it, but Finn wiped it down anyway. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The people of Bone Gap crowded behind Finn and Miguel, also waiting. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z As I’m drying myself off, I wonder if I could plant a traumatic memory in Finn’s brain, something so shocking that he’d stop eating so much. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Finn turned back, searched for that pocket of stillness, but it was gone. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But as soon as the bookcase stopped moving, Finn popped up and poked his head around the side of the bookcase. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn stabbed the ground with his shovel, stamped down on the edge to bury it deeper. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “What am I going to do without you, Finn?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Painstakingly—because he hadn’t really learned how to type yet—he keyed in “Rochester, Emma, and Finn” and added the words “kidnapped” and “news.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Chess was a little worried that Finn would say, How do you know where Rocket goes when no one’s home? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He resisted the impulse to cover Finn’s ears, so he wouldn’t hear. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He was holding a knife, a corn knife, in the moonlight, and he stared into Finn’s eyes for what seemed like hours. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He opened the side door, and first Finn, then Emma, then Chess climbed in. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She let go of Finn’s arm and stepped forward. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Her eyes met Chess’s; Chess instantly started patting Finn’s back. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And considering what she and Finn had done—how real things had become—and considering the fact that Finn had tried to get himself killed right afterward, she had a right to snoop. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He had more than a year left before college, but Sean was ushering him out the door, like he couldn’t wait for Finn to go. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The sword in Finn’s hands writhed and he dropped it to the ground, where it twitched like a cornstalk in the wind and slithered into a nearby tent. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But she wasn’t going to complain if it would cheer Finn up now. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “You mean, you try to see like a bee,” Finn said. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn turned his back to the screen and glared at Joe. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Their voices washed over Finn the way they always did. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn and Natalie—who was holding the phone up in the air again—followed close behind. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn sniffled and reached for Emma’s hand, just in case Ms. Morales looked in her rearview mirror. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn dropped his gaze to see if Other-Finn was just a smidge older, and if that was the reason he’d been lucky enough to lose both his front teeth right before school picture day. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn leaned on the handle of his shovel and pointed past the fence. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It was the thick kind that made Finn think of spiders and snakes. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn dropped to the ground on the other side of the fire. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn would probably think a murderer was nice. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Someplace even his uncle Finn couldn’t find him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He meant that Finn hadn’t seen what he thought he’d seen. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn started calling out the names of all the closest neighbors he could think of. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “If it weren’t for all those trees, it’d be a great place to play football,” Finn said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Finn, that other house was just—” Chess began, but Natalie interrupted. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He twitched like a cornstalk in the wind and slipped right through Finn’s furious, outstretched hands, as if he’d never been there at all. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn didn’t know how long he knelt in the rain, frozen. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Jinx winced as Finn’s words hit their mark. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Finn watched the cornfield as if expecting an army of monsters to burst from it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And he worried about Finn, too, how easily a teenage boy could fall for a wounded bird, an absurdly beautiful wounded bird who didn’t speak much English. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Maybe Chess had jerked back suddenly, and that had jolted Finn awake. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn looked in his and Emma’s and Chess’s rooms, but Rocket was nowhere in sight. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They got to the front door, and Finn was really happy about being just a few steps away from no longer having to walk all stooped-over and sad. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t think so,” Finn said, angry now. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Would we maybe even be split up, me and Finn and Emma all going separate places? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z So it was easy for Finn to shove the man away and yank Other-Finn forward. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Huckleberry Finn he had read as a child, but he couldn’t remember much of it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Finn stopped trying to read at the start of the second paragraph. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Maybe we should look at the websites Mom made for all those clients,” Finn said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z These were excuses Chess and Emma had added for needing to go along to the house with Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The man pulled up, hovering over Finn, darkening Finn’s world with a shadow too big for just one man. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z If today was more of a Goldfish-crackers-and-apple-slices kind of day, that was okay with Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn urged the horse toward the figure, and this time, the mare was in the mood to comply. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z More than three hundred Lithuanians and Finns moved mountains of food and supplies they would never again touch. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The police sirens seemed to have faded in the distance, but maybe that was because Finn’s ears had gotten used to them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Maybe they were full of spare new shoes—Finn saw that the picture on the side of the nearest shoebox was of the very same sneakers he wore on his feet. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They just needed to get Finn out of the kitchen so they could ask. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “You didn’t look for her. Everyone thinks you did. Maybe you told yourself you did. You held on to her stuff for two months, you pretended. But you gave up. And I—” Finn stopped. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn had no idea why anyone would want to get lost on purpose. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “I need to ask if you’ve ever taken drugs,” Ms. Finn says, looking me straight in the eye, daring me to lie. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She wondered if Finn had forgiven his mother for leaving. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She wasn’t used to sharing it with another Emma who also had an older brother named Rochester and a younger brother named Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It didn’t help that Finn kept trying to walk so close beside him that the two of them might as well have been glued together. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn scooped the photos from the floor and the articles from the table and stuffed them in the trash. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The firefighters ran after her, and for a moment, Chess, Emma, and Finn were left alone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He marched right by Finn and pounded on the back door till Sean came out again. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z In one move, Finn wrenched the knife from Junior’s hand and twisted his arm behind his back. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Together, the three kids—mostly Emma and Finn—had decided that “succotash” was the best word to use. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She remembered watching Finn sign her yearbook, how instead of scanning the page for his own photograph, he’d found his name first, counted from left to right to get to his picture. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn left the door open to the breeze and the dirt and the frantic, inconsolable cat and stomp-limped to the ramshackle blue house across the street. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn remembered a day in the third grade when one of the Rude boys had accused Finn of stealing his Swamp Thing action figure, and the boys had jumped Finn during recess. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The crowd didn’t have any sympathy for sobbing little Finn Gustano, with his trembling lip and the bubble of snot in his nose. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Nearly a year before, a fierce spring storm had woken Finn in the early hours of the morning. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Finn, lean down next to her. Try to lift her by putting your hand around her back and underneath her arm. But don’t press too hard.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Or maybe Finn’s problem was that he’d been asleep a moment ago, and his brain wasn’t fully awake yet. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Okay, it’s not a snow day,” Finn admitted. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Then Miguel held the post while Finn poured a little water into the hole. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But now Finn could no longer see her in person, only on the giant screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But before Natalie or Chess could speak, Finn said, “I know Mom smells like apples. Some guy or woman from MIT wouldn’t know that.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Emma couldn’t look at Finn to see if his eyes were still swimming with tears, or if the tears had started rolling down his cheeks. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She straightened as best she could and limped past Finn toward the open door. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The familiar rage rattled Finn’s bones, but rage would not help him now. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Somebody nudged Finn with his foot as if Finn were a possum. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn took the same route back home, passing the Dog That Sleeps in the Lane, who didn’t even lift his head to yawn when Finn said, “Later, Dog.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Then, barely a week later, she limped into the kitchen as Finn was scratching around in the cabinet for boxes and jars. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She didn’t know Finn and Rocket were going to find her phone in the dresser drawer that very first day, which made us search her computers right away. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z What if Finn saw her and saw how hideous she was? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The journal topic that day, I later learned, was “Discuss your favorite character in Huckleberry Finn.’ Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The old lady nudged past Finn and melted back into the crowd. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The people were amazed, especially considering Finn’s condition. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn saw a space like the wide-open part of the Greystones’ basement, with tiny half windows at the top letting in murky light. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The rumble of a motor and the subsequent whinny of protest from Finn’s enormous horse made everyone in the restaurant turn toward the door. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Still, as Emma caught up with Finn, she threw caution to the wind and launched herself around the wall of the witness box and into Mom’s lap. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But Finn didn’t like movies, and he thought the crows were nothing but jokers and thieves. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Ahead, the Finns scuffed and sidled into Lash, roughing him up. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Finn remembered sitting at the kitchen table with Sean, both of them trying to say the word “table” in Polish. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She turned a quizzical gaze on Finn as if he were some creature that had yet to be identified by science. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn hoped she couldn’t tell that what he really wanted was for her to leave so he could bury his face in Mom’s clothes. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “On the side, Mom’s a private investigator. That’s what she calls it. I call it a professional snoop. My grandmother called it being a busybody. Mom spies on men who are—” She glanced at Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn wasn’t sure what to call it now. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z No, Sean would mutter something about their father being dead for years, about Finn being too young to remember, and what was the use of bringing it up? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “People tell me I shouldn’t look at them, and then they tell me I don’t look at them enough,” Finn said. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Maybe you should sue Mom for giving you such a different name,” Finn suggested. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Of course, Finn hadn’t heard Mom in the basement last night saying, “This is exactly what I was afraid of.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn swallowed back the knot that immediately rose in his throat. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z On the floor by Chess’s feet, Finn and Emma bent protectively over Joe, hiding whatever he was assembling out of tiny bits of plastic and wire. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He talked about the horses, about Gladiola and Pippin and Thunder, ignoring the way Finn rolled his eyes and sighed and muttered under his breath. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But when Emma reached the kitchen, she found Finn already sitting at the table, digging French toast slices out of the dish where Mom had been keeping them warm. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They reached the SUV then, and Emma huddled close to Finn as they circled around it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z What if that had always been true about Chess, and Finn had just never noticed before? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn had asked, “What? It hurts to grow as tall as Chess? Maybe I’ll just stay short!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z When Emma clicked over to the other kids’ information, she saw that the kidnapped boys’ heights and weights were different from Chess’s and Finn’s, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Hmmm,” said Finn, who had discovered that if he turned his face a little bit, his lips would brush her hair. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Serious adrenaline raced through his body as he tapped the call number for Huckleberry Finn into the hover ladder’s book locator keypad. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z It also held a tiny paper with a message: another of Finn’s crooked hearts with the smallest of words written below, “Kids=safe.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I didn’t like Ivanhoe, hated The Prince and the Pauper, tolerated the poems, and loved Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Sean clapped Finn on the shoulder and ambled back to the Chat n’ Chew, humming to himself. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Now there didn’t seem to be any way to keep the bookcase from falling over on Emma and Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Finn, maybe we should take turns working on this code,” Chess said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Because of course that’s going to keep Chess, Finn, and me out. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They knew Cade could keep an eye on their epileptic boy, but I thought it was all part of the master plan to ensure Finn Easton’s atoms would never escape the state of California. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Finn was always hungry, and he liked food a lot. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn said, “Fine, just tell me where he is.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn had decided that succotash was the funniest word in the universe. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The people of Bone Gap called Finn a lot of things, but mostly they said he was brave. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn was racing off to the kitchen, shouting about apples. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z None of the big kids know what to do, Finn thought. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn took a deep breath, grabbed a handle, and walked one door back. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn tried to focus but saw only a beard so thick it reminded Finn of wall-to-wall carpeting. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Emma and Finn had thought this news was hilarious, and they’d both told Mom, “That is never going to happen to us.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Now Sean cleaned out the wound, numbed Finn’s face with a shot, and sewed it up with a vicious curved needle clamped in what looked like a pair of scissors. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn went first to the fridge to get a couple of apples, then to the barn to check on the mare. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The ghosts that he and Petey had seen or imagined on their rides were sleeping, perhaps, and Finn had the graveyard to himself. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When she’d first come, she’d overheard him talking to the younger one, Finn, about counselors and doctors and shelters for girls like her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn Taylor has retreated from most of the world; his size comes from negligence and laziness, a carelessness that would be pathological if it had any meticulousness to it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “I never saw it,” Finn said, but his voice was so hushed and scared he sounded like someone else. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn wasn’t used to being around kids fighting with their parents. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn unplugged the charger and tugged on the other end of the cord, which went under the back of the dresser. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn fell asleep draped in Kittens and dreamed that the corn walked the earth on skinny white roots, liked to joke with the crows, and wasn’t afraid of anything. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And it was funny: When Mom watched out their front window while Finn, Emma, and Chess were waiting for their bus, it always made him feel safe and secure. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Chess shepherded Finn out past the fence as well. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “They say which girl does Finn love, too.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The stable man who takes care of Finn has the whiskey smell on him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Finn said, “I don’t think they believe you.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn heard Miguel’s voice in his head—Don’t you know when to give up?—but he wasn’t ready to go home yet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Sure that Finn was face blind and that it explained everything, including his feelings for her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The swarm at the diner weeks and weeks ago, how Finn had mixed up Derek Rude with Frank. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He was large, sure, and not half as pretty as Finn, but handsome in a different way, handsomer now because of the puffy lip. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She had decided that she would leave Finn’s room alone; she had intruded enough for one day and found nothing, no reason not to trust Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z My brother Michael says to one of the men, Mister, what’s up with Finn? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She looked at the array of butterflies Finn had lined up on his computer screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn took a couple of rabbit punches to the kidneys before one of them grabbed a handful of his hair and yanked him upright. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn and Emma were totally cracking up, but Chess’s face was hidden behind his mask. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The big kids have a plan, Finn told himself. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Go out and close the door,” she told the Finn. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Except you wouldn’t tell me everything, if you thought it was going to scare me,” Finn said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She reached out and grabbed Finn by the shoulders, pulling him closer. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But Emma’s T-shirt was maroon, and Finn’s was a bright yellow. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn plucked at his jeans, which had stiffened when the river water dried. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And if she ran now, left Finn here, she would never forgive herself. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And Finn had let loose with a loud wail: “I just want my mommy!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Because of his mother or his father or the way she had appeared in the barn, Finn hadn’t believed in Roza. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He immediately tightened his grip on Finn’s shoulder and looked both ways for cars. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But hearing the news of their kidnappings had been the start of everything weird; it had marked the first day that Finn felt strange about anything. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Joe tucked his other hand into his coat pocket, where Finn had seen him hide a remote. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Last night. After I saw you and your mom. He was at Charlie Valentine’s house, sneaking around the yard,” Finn continued. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “You don’t seem fine. You look really upset. I know you love Huck Finn because we’ve talked about it many times,” he says. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The pavement in front of Finn ended in a wall of sky, as if it had been sliced off by the swing of a scythe. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “But those fences looked really old,” Finn said, remembering the mismatched, faded wood. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I spun around and stumbled toward the door, but despite my will it felt as though everything of Finn from the knees down had already begun to fizzle away. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Finn froze up like a monument to cowards everywhere. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z If someone wanted to distract Finn, food was always a good topic. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn took a deep breath, banished thoughts of family, thoughts of Roza. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Both had inherited their father’s thick black hair and espresso eyes, but Finn also inherited his mother’s delicate features, her dreamy distractibility. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Being kidnapped sounds like bad luck to me,” Finn said, giggling. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There’s nothing in Finn’s memory that leads me to believe that he’d be upset about missing school, but I go anyway. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “But she’s sitting right there—” Finn pointed behind him, though he couldn’t look himself. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn gulped in air, ready to distract her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Instead, the three of them filed into the kitchen, Finn keeping his eyes on the ground as Petey stripped off the white coveralls. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But Finn didn’t want to hear what they had to say about Priscilla, because the weight of her gaze felt like a hand on his shoulder. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Chess, stop,” Finn moaned, because he didn’t understand what was happening, and the only thing holding him together right now was being able to hold on to Mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn pulled a chunk from the post, exposing the smooth tunnels made by the insects. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Roza plucked the cherry from the top of her sundae, dangled it in front of Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The first guard stepped forward, reaching out to grab Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z His brother would drive Finn back to where he’d lost the books. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “We told you everything our mom does,” Finn said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Mom was standing at the kitchen counter with her back to Finn, but she didn’t turn around. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There are men in suits looking in the door of the stable of Finn the Horse and there must be something wrong because you never see men with suits in the lane. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The youngest boy, the one Finn was already thinking of as Other-Finn, was perfectly snaggletoothed, with one adult front tooth partly grown in and one front tooth missing entirely. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn opened his mouth to ask, but then Sean wound the jacket around his hand like a boxer protecting his knuckles. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn tilted sideways, his eyes even with the top of the drawer, so he could see the cord winding down from the back of the drawer and into the middle pile of sweaters. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn got along with everybody, and Emma didn’t care whether people liked her or not. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And this bed had a comforter covered in weird red flowers, which would be about the last comforter design in the world that Finn would have chosen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Julia, we're going to have a little party for Finn on the sixteenth. It's his birthday. Mike and I would love it if you could come.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Don’t say anything about any of this to my mom,” Natalie hissed to Chess, Emma, and Finn as she turned to lock the front door. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Eight months after Roza arrived, Sean showed Finn the tiny ring he bought—not an engagement as much as a promise—a ring that he tucked in a box in a dresser drawer. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn dropped to the ground, arching his back, trying to make himself breathe, breathe, BREATHE. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Unless the message from the pediatrician’s office about Finn’s eight-year-old checkup had a hidden meaning, the phone contained nothing new, nothing helpful. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I worked myself up into an angry storm rather quickly; another Finn Easton patented wild mood swing. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The temperature around Finn dropped twenty degrees, and Finn’s skin burned with the cold. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And secondly—do you think there’s any ending to that story that doesn’t put Mom and Finn and Chess and me in danger, too? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn shouldered the young man aside but slipped when his shoulder hit not flesh, but a slick surface, and he spilled to the dirt. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And Emma had Mom and Chess and Finn, and that was all she needed. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Finn, don’t worry, I’m sure your friends will be here soon,” Mr. Habazz said from across the room. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Three suitcases sat by the door: Chess’s was an ordinary blue, Finn’s had a giant Pokémon logo, and Emma’s was bright red and covered in stickers. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn said, spinning on his stool, just in time to see the mare rear back, kick her front legs, and charge past the diner. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And Finn had tear tracks down his cheeks, along with a bubble of snot threatening to balloon out of one of his nostrils. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Then she saw the angry faces of the crowd turning toward Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Now it was more like Chess, Emma, and Finn were holding her up. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z My mother starts to follow us out the door, but Ms. Finn stops her. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Did the crowd care about Finn, or were they only trying to stay out of trouble themselves? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Huckleberry! Because this is a library and Huckleberry Finn is in here.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z They make fun of Finn’s size, but it’s clear they don’t really care. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Then Finn saw what Chess had written in the search box on his computer: “Andrew Greystone obituary.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z First thing in the morning, when I get up before Emma and Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn let himself into the house and dumped his backpack on his bed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn knew the fence was in sorry shape, but it was even worse up close. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Then Finn lay down in blood, bold king with all his company, and the queen was taken; and, loaded with rings King Finn could not refuse, the Danes sailed home. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then, the speaker at the front of the room crackled, and Finn heard the school secretary say, “Pardon the interruption—bus thirty-two has just arrived. Teachers, please admit the late students to class.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Then Natalie and Finn were there, peeking out from the secret room. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn heard a car engine and raced to catch the plate, but the black SUV was halfway down the road before he got to the end of Charlie’s lane. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When the bees started to move in clusters, walking and flying, something occurred to Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The dog, a mottled thing named Mustard, ran over to Finn and jackhammered his calf. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Both he and Finn ran back to the barn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn remembered that the last time Mom had made French toast, it was because she’d gotten overwhelmed with her job and had to work an entire Saturday. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn saw cartons of Campbell’s soup and ramen noodles, and bundles of water bottles and peanut butter jars. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She groaned a little as she stretched out, but her big eyes were wide and wary and tracked both Finn and Sean around the room. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn had to prove he was brave enough to hear anything. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There must have come a time when it became too exhausting to do anything, and Finn just gave in to it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Didn’t Finn visit last night? I thought he was here every night.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But it was kind of hard to tell because Finn had been so loud. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She handed Finn the brownie on a napkin. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I have never been outside the state of California in the nearly seventeen years that my atoms and molecules have been stuck together, walking around and calling themselves Finn. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Does Ms. Finn think I have a brain tumor? A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Roza swung her head from Finn to the man back to Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Petey swirled the red liquid in her cup, thinking about how Amber wanted to pose Finn like a doll in the corner of her room. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She glanced at the screen, then turned to face Finn and Emma and Chess. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn, Chess, and Natalie all made doubtful faces, as if none of them had been paying attention to the weather either. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn fumbled with the hem of her dress, pulled it up to cover her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn shook his head, swearing under his breath. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Jesse went to the Chicago Film Festival where he met a friendly and attractive Finn, but she barely spoke English. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t let Finn see how confused I am, how I don’t understand anything.... The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He put a heavy hand on Finn’s shoulder. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Being told to go to sleep always made Finn wider awake. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And Finn had said indignantly, “It’s our rec room. Don’t you think we’d wreck a TV if it was down here?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “You had that little electronic device that made the guards think Finn’s voice was a recording,” Emma added excitedly. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “It is like our house,” Finn whispered, peering around, his eyes wide. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Had Mom seen all this when she sneaked back to this world to try to rescue the three other kids named Rochester, Emma, and Finn? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Right,” Finn said in what he thought was a very reasonable tone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z For a second, Finn almost saw her, Roza, crouched in the plants, laughing at him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Ms. Morales asked Finn, her voice a little gentler than it had been when she was yelling at Natalie. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She was the middle child, stuck between adorable Finn and responsible Chess—sometimes she just needed something to be all hers. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Petey looked at the space behind Finn and the space in front of him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn made copies of both of the butterfly logos and pasted them into a new document. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z After only two hours of work, Finn took a break to pour a bottle of water over his head. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Sean blinked—frozen, terrified—until Finn said, “Come on, brother. Let’s get your bag.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Mom keeps the Boring Room empty on purpose,” Finn added fiercely. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn sat in a sea of empty desks. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn didn’t mention how cows were okay if you knew how to handle them and how Charlie’s living room stank with all the chickens wandering around inside. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She grabbed Finn’s arm and Emma’s shoulder, and spun them around. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z When they got inside, Finn walked her into the front room and lowered her to the couch. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He wanted to put his hands over Emma’s and Finn’s ears, so at least they didn’t have to hear. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “There are only three real roads in Bone Gap,” said Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “You just used me and waited for her to die. I’m not going with you, Finn. These folks are my family now.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Mom took Emma and Chess and Finn to the library a lot, and Emma always checked out a huge stack of books. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She keeps staring at me—staring at Finn. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Finn, we were saving the big news for you!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But Finn didn’t see what was wrong with her face. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn would have had no trouble picking Sean out of a crowd. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Usually Finn hated feeling left out and too young, but now he wanted to cheer, Hurray! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The hard metal of her handcuffs dug into Finn’s wrist, but he just clutched her hand tighter. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Then he said, “You want to take one, Finn?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Mom didn’t travel for her job very often, but when she did, Finn always felt strange the whole time. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn walked into Mom’s room, and the blinds were drawn, so there wasn’t any sunny spot on the blue cushion by the window. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Petey told him about her conversation with Sean, noticing the fat lip, and the fact that she might have mentioned Finn’s condition. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn and his brother didn’t have as much as some, but they had more than others, including a peeling white house, a matching garage, and a red barn permanently slanted to the left. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Had the government kidnapped those kids in Arizona who had the same names and birthdays as Chess, Emma, and Finn? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z While Finn watched, another can slowly dropped to the floor, a delayed reaction. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Rocket! Don’t play with electrical cords,” Finn said, reaching for the cat. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z On the third day of the storm the man who wound his watch directed the two Finns back to their jurta. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He decided he could probably come up with better titles: Huckleberry Finn and the Merry Apostles, maybe. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Finn threw his last smoke bomb over his shoulder, just in case any guards tried to follow. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Chess shifted the weight of Finn’s drowsy body to the side and hesitantly began: ‘“I don’t...’” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z If Finn’s teeth hadn’t felt so loose in his head, he might have laughed again. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But Finn, for once in his life, wasn’t rushing to talk. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Calamity Jane, also spread out on the kitchen table in a nest of papers, watched as Finn poured nearly half a jar of Hippie Queen Honey into the cup. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn’s leg itched under the bandages, and his hand throbbed; he should have known his brother's jaw was made of iron. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Chess had been four; Emma, two; and Finn, only a baby. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn beat them off as best as he could, but they tore at her arms and dress, their black tongues flapping and flailing. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z His name is Finn the Horse and we all love him but the stable man from the coal yard doesn’t take proper care of the stable and the stink travels to our house. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then the Rudes were gone, and their cackling with them, and Finn had the road to himself. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn wouldn’t mind if she went into his room to see the kittens, to give them water. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn was running his hands again and again in wide circles over the floor and the lowest portion of the bookshelf. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Truth was, Finn had swiped the Swamp Thing. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It made Finn a little sad that every answer made the crash sound less and less interesting. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And then Finn’s shoulder hit a door, the kind that opened with a bar across the middle. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn saw a crumbling porch first; then a weedy, overgrown yard; and then the tall fences blocking off the houses on either side. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She must have found a dry spot on the shores of Lake Finn where she could keep an eye on me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She and Finn were crowded so close beside him that Chess’s elbows knocked against them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It was probably something about computer history that Finn didn’t know about, but he wasn’t going to ask the others. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I found Mom’s computer! And Finn and Natalie found the one she lets us use. So she must have taken the one from down there with her!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But Finn, Emma, and Chess all plopped their backpacks down beside the huge table in the kitchen and began taking out folders and books. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z At first Finn tried to keep an eye on the path in front of him, but it was too dark and the horse was running too fast. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Chess thought maybe it was actually Finn who had the courage to push down. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Like a robot, Finn bent and began gathering the pictures and papers. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I knew that Finn was behind me and I knew he’d heard. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “I can find you,” Finn said, to himself, to Roza, to everyone here, whoever they were. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn expected Emma’s face to light up at that idea, but she stayed serious. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn shoved the box back on the shelf and slapped a bandage on the split eyebrow, which was stubbornly weeping blood. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “What’s the matter? Don’t you have anything to say to your uncle Finn?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Emma fell back to run alongside Chess and Finn and ask, “Isn’t it going to be hard to see the house from the path?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Sean walked past the table and was almost out of the room when Finn said, “Is that the only thing you care about?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn had opened it and was already leaping off the front porch, skipping all the steps; Emma was holding the door open for Chess. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn snuggled his face against Chess’s neck, as if he thought this was just a new place to sleep. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn’s actually going to be okay with this, Chess thought in amazement. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z As soon as he shoved past Chess’s door, Finn launched himself toward the bed. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She dug around inside the bag and found a stack of pictures, which she handed to Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn hunched over his lemonade, fighting the urge to knock Jonas off his stool. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The hologram librarian appeared and advised Akimi that Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was the book located right underneath the holographic image of Dr. Seuss and the Cat in the Hat. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Finn woke up in a different place than where he’d fallen asleep. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Emma shouted ahead to Finn, and Finn disappeared into the little room. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Okay, that did not make Finn feel better. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn had crossed his arms over his chest and didn’t say a word until the door slammed behind Roza, until she pressed both hands to the glass, eyes wide, wide, wide enough to fall into. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Behind Finn, the public address system crackled, and then he heard his mother’s voice boom out throughout the entire auditorium: “I killed everyone who disagreed with me...” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn could hardly breathe, could hardly believe he would get this chance, but he once again dropped the bag he was carrying, forced the words out: “Where’s Roza?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She sprang forward and ripped the stack from his hands, her expression so triumphant that not even Finn could mistake it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He looked at Finn then, a look Finn could not read. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I wait until I hear Ms. Finn’s door close behind her, then tiptoe down the hall and stand outside her office. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Finn cursed himself for his big, stupid mouth. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Maybe Finn should get a stomachache, just so he could go home and spend every moment possible with Mom, until she had to leave. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They took off again, full speed—or, at least, full speed for Finn and Other-Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Chess reached down and began pulling on Finn’s and Emma’s arms. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They probably got balloons and welcome-home banners and toys and ice cream—just like Finn said—hours ago. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn squinted at the exposed comb, a few bees buzzing and crawling on it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn was pretty sure Natalie was trying to say, No matter what you heard, don't tell Mom anything! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn had seen a cartoon version of a trial once—maybe for Bugs Bunny?—and that was enough for him to realize that these were seats for a judge and a jury. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Petey’s throat had gone tight at the mention of Finn’s name. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She squinted at the computer screen in front of Finn, her eyes scanning the words at the bottom of the news report. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z At ten o’clock, when the jittery sky had finally settled itself into a streaky blue night, Finn checked the yard again. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Now Finn had to tilt his head way back just to see his brother’s face. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn scratched for the flashlight Sean kept by the door, but the light was weak and yellow, casting the barn in sepia. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Never mind,” Chess said, pressing Finn’s head back toward his own shoulder. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z As he sat at the counter of the diner waiting for Petey, nervously drumming his fingers, the black mare huge and agitated at her tether outside, Finn wondered what the hell he’d been thinking. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “I could do without the commentary,” said Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Chess blurted, and to his own ears, he sounded as young as Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Do you understand this well enough to explain it to Finn?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Besides, Finn and Sean couldn’t afford to take care of a horse. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn glanced toward Chess again, hoping his older brother noticed how Finn had had that whole conversation with Natalie without falling apart at the thought of Mom being kidnapped. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn asked, trying so, so hard to keep his voice from wavering on the last word. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, Finn. I miss my mom and dad. My home.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Finn glanced quickly back and forth between Mom and Chess. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The mare trotted across the golden field and into a deep still forest, a forest that Finn didn’t remember. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn asked, bending down to pet the cat. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes it almost seemed like Mom had superpowers, taking care of everything Finn and Emma and Chess needed. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “That’s the logo my mom uses on all her websites,” Finn said, pointing to a tiny purple butterfly at the bottom of the page. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn saw Chess put his hand over his mouth. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z On my own I found Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and my sister Geraldine gave me a copy of Little Men. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Why hadn’t Finn asked what time she was leaving? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn was pretty sure he’d be able to drink it by the gallon, if Mom ever let him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And Finn had borne the weight of his brother’s clenched fists, his long silences, his unspoken blame. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Chess wasn’t one of those kids who yelled at adults—neither were Finn or Emma. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn jabbed the shovel into the earth, stamped on the footrest, tossed the dirt over his shoulder, jabbed, stamped, tossed, jabbed, stamped, tossed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Sean helped Finn lie on the gurney and wheeled him to the ambulance. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “You mentioned it,” said Finn, though Charlie had told him a million times, and would tell him a million more. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z To anybody farther away than Finn, it would have looked like a man merely shifting positions. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And he knew where Finn had been going every night, night after night, and he knew why. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn rubbed his fingers together, feeling the tug of the honey drying on his skin. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn thought, I don’t know what that is, but it’s not ugly. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z This doesn’t make sense, Emma thought, silently trudging behind Finn and Ms. Morales. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn scrambled up out of bed to distract himself, so he wouldn’t have to dig his fists into his own eyes again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It also didn’t help that he could see how pale and drawn Emma’s and Finn’s faces were, or how they were weaving and stumbling just as badly as Chess. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “It smells as bad as before,” Finn said, wrinkling up his nose. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn was an expert at giving up—wasn’t that why Sean was barely talking to him? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z A new man opened the door, a square-faced Finn, dressed in shirt and trousers; red silk armbands held up his full sleeves. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Finn said, as he tried to match that icy stare, memorize features as bland as a scarecrow’s. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z That was the last thing Finn needed, his big brother to rescue him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn had thick, unruly hair with odd cowlicks that sprang up no matter how much Mom smoothed them down. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I will explain later, since I wanted this part of the story to be about me: Finn Easton. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Finn stuck his lip out like he was sulking, which wasn’t like him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Well, nice socks, anyway, Finn. And eyes. You have a cool name.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z When the clock read ten thirty-five, and Finn couldn’t wait anymore, he folded the sheet of paper and slipped it into the box. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn trailed after her, out the front door. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn was so used to that face he had every detail memorized: the dancing eyes, the hint of freckles across the nose, the wide mouth that always seemed ready to smile at Finn’s antics. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Don’t say anything to those boys,” he whispered to Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn had never heard his sister sound like that before, so utterly defeated. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn stood in the middle of the kitchen, staring at Mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn didn’t know if she meant that about just him, or about Emma and Chess, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn drew himself up to his full height. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He expected Finn to protest, What are you talking about? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn tried very hard to look like he was reading about Commander Toad standing at the edge of the black hole. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Even the cowlicks in Finn’s hair seemed to droop. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She and Finn and Rus ran from the fairgrounds. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn slowed his movements and stopped some feet away from the beehive and keepers. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z So if the police come, Emma’s going to be safer than Finn or me, but…. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She let her eyes beg Finn: Stay quiet, stay quiet, oh, please, you can’t make a sound. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z In these long summer days, his uncle Finn, Junior Haskell, and Joplin, Missouri, all seemed like a faint memory that was no longer nipping at his heels. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “People talk,” Roza had told Finn once, while they huddled in a booth over ice cream sundaes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “As for you,” Finn said to the goat, who had eaten his apple in one gulp, “you are what you do. You are Chew.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn being Finn, he claimed this meant his hair had superpowers. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I can walk around my own house without getting hurt,” Finn said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn moved to take one end so they could carry it to the truck, but Roza was faster and more insistent. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Chess shoved Finn toward the basement stairs and screamed, “Don’t stop until you get to the other side!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Chess looked down at Finn and Emma, both of them so little and so brave. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn tried to knock the arm away, but the man was carved from stone. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn’s stomach lurched, and he fought to keep from getting sick. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “I thought maybe we’d go for a ride,” Finn said, something else he hadn’t known he was going to say. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He was jumbled up on the floor with Chess and Emma: Her elbow was in his ear; Chess’s knee was in Finn’s rib cage. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z From behind, Chess saw the exact moment Finn’s shoulders sagged, as if a terrifying idea had just hit him: What could Mom do to prevent someone from selling the house if she wasn’t even there? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He felt Emma slide her hand into his; when he glanced over his shoulder, he saw that she was also holding on to Finn’s hand, and Finn was holding on to Natalie’s. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Chess was tall for his age and Finn was small for his, but it still wasn’t comfortable for a twelve-year-old to carry an eight-year-old. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Was it possible that if Emma hadn’t had Finn to think about, she might have needed to tell herself, Don’t let me cry. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But the chicken flapped her wings, erupted from Finn’s grasp, and half ran, half flew across the yard. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Maybe Natalie thought Chess and Finn had secretly seen themselves as knights and noblemen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z A half mile away, she saw the paper festooning the trees and bushes in front of Finn’s house. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “You never told me why you were out here in the middle of the night,” said Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Jinx and Finn were standing in the clearing surrounded by a circle of trees and bushes, cutting them off from the town, from Shady’s place, from help. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She was injured, but she and Finn got away with the help of a dog the size of a horse. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “The people talk right now. They say, look! Roza and Finn! Together! Maybe they go kiss! Maybe they get married!” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “You and Finn take this sign back to Ms. Morales. Tell her everything. Natalie and I will go rescue Mom.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Chess noticed that Finn was clutching a teddy bear that was missing an ear and an eye because he and his friend Tyrell liked to use it as a football. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The younger boy’s ears tilted slightly, making him look a little elfin, just like Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z No, it was three voices—there was an echoing “Is that you, Finn?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Calamity Jane, Finn’s tiny striped cat, slunk under the fence and twirled around his legs. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Hear that, Finn? Your mom didn’t rob a bank!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn burrowed his face harder against Mom’s side. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Chess helped Finn up into the SUV, into the middle row of seats again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn said the only thing he could: “Okay.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn could only lie in the road, pinned by Petey’s bike, as his horse, his beautiful, magnificent, impossible horse, thundered toward him, The mare reared up, shrieking, hooves hammering the air. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn was here because he was the one who had seen the earth swallow Roza. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn didn’t have an act, he didn’t have a game. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn caught the familiar whisper—here, here, here—and wished it would shut up. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She lifted the backpack strap over Finn’s shoulder and then hugged each of them in turn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z That might be why other people missed Roza, but it wasn’t why Finn did. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” Finn mumbled, a global apology for everything he was, and everything he was not, and all the ways he couldn’t let it go. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Boy, we had some times, didn’t we, Finn? Remember that job we did in St. Louis down at the freight house? We left those boys knowing who was boss, didn’t we, Finn?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Finn walked in the ditch on the side of the road so that the passing cars wouldn’t mow him down. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn asked, gaping at the mansion ahead of them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Huck Finn: My college roommate had called me that, too. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Miguel didn’t mention the cuts and bruises on Finn’s face, either because he was too good a friend or because he was getting used to seeing them there. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And if the owners of the animals used the dumb nicknames, if they asked about his split eyebrow and split lip with a weird mixture of pity and satisfaction, Finn didn’t much care. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Even when she was yelling at Natalie, Finn had never heard the real Ms. Morales sound so cruel. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But Finn didn't hear the rumble of Chess’s voice downstairs answering Ms. Morales. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Ms. Morales and Finn were already out of the room, headed for the basement stairs. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He walked over to the doorway that led out from the little room they were in, into what Finn guessed had to be the room beyond. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Time for Finn to suck it all back in. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Please let it be there. Please let it be there,” Finn heard Chess repeat again and again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn shifted on the gurney, trying to ignore the sting of his cuts and scrapes, and the dull ache that bloomed in his chest with every beat of his heart. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Uncle Willie was nodding at the fire, and Bailey had escaped back to the calm adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A shard of mirror winking from Finn’s back pocket. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn rushed over beside his brother and peered into the box. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The lights came on when Chess was about halfway down the stairs, and he realized that Finn must have hit the light switch. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t think your mom’s a monster,” Finn said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z First, because the lack of sleep was making him delirious, and second, because a crazy goat had chewed free from his tether and was following Finn around, trying to gnaw off his back pockets. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He didn’t say a word, just pulled up Finn’s T-shirt. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z For most of this time, Finn could feel Sean gathering himself to ask one of his questions. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn blinked at the boy in front of him, his eyes zeroing in on that famous Rude underbite. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “That wasn’t my teeth, that was the cat’s claw,” Finn said with great dignity. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The crow cackled and took off after the noisy parade of trucks, circling overhead as if daring Finn to follow. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to come home one day to find Finn and this girl licking each other like cats. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z One of the other men takes something yellow and brown from a bag, goes to Finn, puts it to his head and there’s a sharp crack. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z And though Finn was tall, his arms and legs ropey with farm muscle, the Rudes were wider and stronger, and there were about four and a half too many of them. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z For a second, Finn worried that she was going to punch him, or tell him that she wouldn’t forgive him, or scream at them all for not looking long enough or hard enough. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Maybe I should be an actor when I grow up, Finn thought as he buckled his seat belt in Ms. Morales’s SUV. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn realized that the bad smell he’d noticed in the secret room wasn’t just there; it was in this house and out in the yard, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z At least Finn only had to bob his head to the side and then back up again as he scrambled after them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z To distract attention from Finn’s teary face and from the fact that all three of us are just numb and clumsy and stupid right now? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn was still so little he thought you could control things like that. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “It’s at the base of the chair now,” Joe whispered, and Finn shivered with anticipation. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Because his name was Finn and he didn’t want to be called anything else. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn’s own face was painted black and white—a crescent moon on one side, the other side dark as midnight. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Mrs. Lonogan steadied herself by gripping the table, as if Finn had just declared his intention to train unicorns for the fairy circus. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She wasn’t looking through their things as much as she was looking through Finn’s things. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z At the time, Sean was only four inches taller than Finn, but to Finn, it felt more like a foot. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The guards thought they were looking for someone who’d set out an electronic device; they thought Finn’s voice had only been a recording. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Have a good day at school,” she said, her arms around first Finn, then Emma. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I’m going to go find it,” Finn announced, and Chess knew without looking that Finn would have his lip stuck out and his face set, a vision of obstinacy. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Maybe other guys would watch TV all night, but TV was just a bunch of noise, and when Sean came home, if he ever came home, he would tell Finn to turn it off. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn imagined Roza sitting on a bus or perched in the window seat of a plane, blue sky behind her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Somehow, Finn got home, stabled and watered the mare, patted the goat, stumbled into the house. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Late that night, Finn sat at the kitchen table, test prep books spread in front of him, steam curling from his fourth cup of tea. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn watched Joe’s face: His eye twitched, he winced, then the corner of his mouth moved just a little higher. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn’s mother did not ever squeal her tires. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Emma joined in and then rubbed Finn’s head, because it felt good to do something normal again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z At least five minutes passed without Finn thinking about his mom being away. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z On the last day of his junior year, exactly two months after his life had burst like a thunderhead, Finn walked home from the bus stop past plants already up to his waist. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Don’t let Finn see how upset I am, Chess thought. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Was Chess signaling Natalie to be quiet, so she didn’t scare Finn? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn and Chess started yammering on about Mom and the kitchen and TV. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Ever since Finn had given Jonas one of Calamity’s kittens, the sheriff’s allergies had miraculously cleared up. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z My mother scans them until she finds the one marked “Finn.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Emma asked, pointing at a stack of shoeboxes Finn hadn’t noticed. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn charged forward, but the crowd surged with him, pushing him and dragging him at the same time. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Your mom and I don’t really think it would be a good time for you to go, Finn.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Jinx struggled to get away, but Finn held firm. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The buzzing deepened, sending sparks along Finn’s nerves. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn kept walking, feet heavy in the heat. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Sean was on shift, but Finn had been sitting at the kitchen table all night. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn couldn’t hear the voice on the other end of the line, and that was probably a good thing. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn had shoveled back three more spoonfuls of ice cream while Roza laughed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He gave her a copy of Huckleberry Finn, the pages creased from his thumbing, and she started reading it on the bus home but stopped after a few chapters. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But one night had been different—the night Finn met up with Jinx. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z How could Finn be so brave—and so stupid? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Really, I can carry my own suitcase,” Finn said, and his voice echoed a little. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But Finn couldn’t resist watching a tiny crawling thing slither out of Joe’s hand and down his pant leg. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Thankfully, in spite of my Lazarus Door marks and heterochromatic eyes, as far as I know there was never an angel named Finn in any religion. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Finn said, “Funny coming from guys who can’t tell the difference between their cows and their girlfriends.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn decided he wasn’t ready to talk to Natalie and Ms. Morales yet this morning. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Shut up,” said Finn, hauling himself back to his feet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She caught up to Finn right at the edge of the stage and pulled his head down beside hers. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn O’Sullivan limped straight through the living room to the kitchen and back again, tracking water and mud everywhere. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Mmm,” Finn murmured, which could have been the start of saying Mom...or just a protest at being disturbed. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn threw the knife, planting it in the ground right in front of my feet. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She stares at her plush Finn on the floor. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z They were the exact same shape and color as Finn’s. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z So Finn turned down the lane to Petey’s house, expecting to see the Dog That Sleeps in the Lane, but it seemed that the Dog also had other business, because the lane was empty. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Maybe Priscilla was thinking of other things that had just shown up in Finn’s barn, but he wasn’t going to talk about that. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Saturday’s tomorrow,” Finn said solemnly, as if he was the only one who could have figured that out. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn didn’t want to say it, but he wondered if someone had beaten her up. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn leaned over and rapped on the window. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn, who often found himself frozen at the worst possible moments, felt bad for her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Huck Finn is right—truth is better and actually safer than a lie. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some would contend that this confession would obviate the need for a lengthy trial,” she said in a cold, heartless voice that made Finn miss the real Ms. Morales. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z If I had lain there for a few million miles more than I did, the knackery of the ant nest would have disassembled Finn Easton and turned him into all sorts of useful ant products. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “I can no more tell you what happens to her than I can tell you what becomes of Proust’s Narrator or Holden Caulfield’s sister or Huckleberry Finn after he lights out for the territories.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Finn went back to his house and stood under a hot shower, even though it stung the cuts on his face and washed off his bandage. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn tried not to give the nurses any trouble. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Emma had her face buried in Rocket’s gray fur, and Finn was watching syrup drip from his fork. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn scrolled through pictures of perfect yards, the kind grown-ups had when they didn’t have kids. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn held out his hand, and she placed the photograph back into it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She pulled the shard of mirror from Finn’s back pocket and held it up to the light. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But Finn and Natalie ran after her, as if they were just as spooked. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Why hadn’t Mom taught Emma, Chess, and Finn everything they needed to know about the alternate world from the very beginning? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn stared at her, stared at the green eyes and the inky hair and the bright smile. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn asked, going back to alternately zooming in and out on Mom’s butterfly logos, growing and shrinking the dots and wings. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She was glad that neither Chess nor Finn said, “What are you talking about?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z As for Finn, well, they thought he was a little weird, but that was okay with them. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I’ll sneak up on her and then jump out and surprise her, Finn told himself. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn was surprised that Emma had said that in front of him, instead of making up some comforting lie. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn didn’t stagger or slump or drop his head. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z What if noticing was a sign that Finn was growing up? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The people, the thousands of people who had dangled so peacefully and quietly, now surrounded Roza and Finn, crouching like animals, needle teeth bared. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But Finn had said no sheriff would believe that, and his dogs wouldn’t care. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Finn had nightmares enough, but not about cornfields. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Chess sensed, more than actually seeing, that Finn and Natalie were throwing smoke bombs, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn and Roza walked past each person, some of them reaching out and pulling back as if they were afraid that she wasn’t real, that this wasn’t happening. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I trudge to the shower, pick a ball of lint the size of a cat’s paw out of Finn’s belly button. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z How could she see if it was time to grab Finn and run? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “You must have just seen someone who looked like my mom,” Finn said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn realized that he’d been trying to say things wrong before. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Then Finn turned the phone to the side and Emma caught a glimpse of the case: hard plastic with a crookedly drawn heart and the words “We love you, Mommy.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Already Finn had changed from the eager, bouncy, silly boy he’d been two days ago. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He put his hand over Emma’s, and Finn put his hand on top. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z If he hadn’t minded Finn and Emma overhearing, he would have said out loud, My father died when I was four. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It made his heart ache to think of the people he’d personally endangered by not sending them back: Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But her memory nagged at her: She’d thought the same thing before, after the kids in Arizona with the same names and ages as Emma, Finn, and Chess had been kidnapped. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Normally she would have noticed that Chess had barely eaten two bites and that Finn had licked all the syrup off his second piece of French toast but not actually bitten into it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “You were the one who scared her, Finn. She was running away from you.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn watched his calm, sane, perfect brother go crazy. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn walked a little farther than the others, till the voices of the people of Bone Gap washed over him the way they always did. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z My atoms have been on this Finn trip for almost eleven billion miles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z But Finn was no longer right behind her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And Emma and Finn had started taking turns pretending to be kidnappers. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The new posts were thicker and longer than the old ones, so Finn and Miguel took turns with the posthole digger to widen and deepen the hole. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z So when Mom yelled, “Go!” and Chess grabbed Finn’s hand and pulled him along, Finn raced directly toward the guards. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But if Mom wasn’t hiding this key from Chess, Finn, and me, then who was she hiding it from? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I think we still have to wake Finn,” Chess said, finally answering Emma’s question out loud. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Kids who have the same names and birthdays as us,” Finn informed her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn whipped around, scanning the endless waving, twisting bodies, a vast sea of faces, searching for the pocket of stillness. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But Mom said she’d meet us at the house today, Finn told himself. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The people of Bone Gap called Finn a lot of things, but none of them was his name. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z In fact, Finn was sure that he had a quiet, still, serious part inside himself somewhere. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z So Emma, Finn, Mom, and I don’t belong here at all? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And if Finn hadn’t ridden the Night Mare, hadn’t glimpsed the gaps for himself, he would have thought Charlie was crazy. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “I can do that better if I’m not worried about you, Finn,” Mom whispered back. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn had trouble keeping them both in his field of vision, so he looked from one eye to the other and back. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Cool fingers circled Finn’s wrist and lifted his hand to the table in front of him, to the plate on top of it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She glared hard enough to barbecue the nearest mammal; even Finn took a step back. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Even Finn couldn’t miss someone that big and that red and that angry, someone whose fists clenched and unclenched and clenched again. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Why was a TV distracting when Finn and Tyrell screaming at the top of their lungs wasn’t? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Her laptop sat on the counter in front of her, but it was tilted up, so Finn couldn’t see what was on the screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He strode toward Finn, one long drink of water, not a drop spilling out. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn stood on tiptoes and peered at the screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z That was the one thing Finn couldn’t do: wait. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn resisted the urge to grab Joe’s glasses so he could see Mom’s face when she looked down at the lizard drone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Without turning to look at me, she says, “Ms. Finn gave me the number of a neurologist at the University of Chicago. He’s going to run some tests.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I took him into the pantry where he looked a little reproachfully at the Finn. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Then I smelled the honeysuckle-sweet sick odor that told me it was time for Finn to go. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Finn pulled a gun from his jacket and admired its gleam. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Finn didn’t want to get through the summer. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z His voice blended with Finn yelling, “Come on!” and Emma and Natalie shouting, “Hurry!” and the Gustanos shrieking in such panic and fear that Chess couldn’t make out any exact words. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z When they reached Petey’s window, Finn released the reins and slid from the horse’s back, knees loose and watery, hands trembling. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And then she got in her car and pulled out of the parking lot, and Finn, she even squealed her tires! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z How could Finn flip from fear to excitement so fast? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn was pretty sure she knew that because of a weather app, not from the smell of the air. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “No, I mean, yes, we were,” Finn said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And then, as Finn raced faster than ever toward Ms. Morales, she suddenly screamed, “Watch out!” and police officers appeared at the tops of every fence and started dropping toward the street below. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It was Finn, grabbing her around the shoulders and holding on tight. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Lash and the Finns were slipping out of reach, and Louie wanted to go with them, but his body felt sodden. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Finn, Mom does not say you’re allowed to jump on the bed!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “What can I say, Finn? It’s time for me to go home.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “I’m not messing with you, Finn. I really think you’re an okay guy.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Finn thought, and he climbed down the stairs walking alongside her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Natalie told me to bring this,” Finn whispered in Chess’s ear. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z What did you mean when you said, “This is exactly what I was afraid of”? And “Not yet”? Do you think Emma and Finn and I are in danger of being kidnapped, too? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn had never seen his brother cry before and wasn’t about to now. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z How could Finn not see how much danger they were in? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Usually Emma’s brain worked as fast as Finn could move, but now she wanted an extra moment to think, an instant to figure out the consequences of every action. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Then Chess grabbed Finn in one arm and Other-Finn in the other and took off running. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But when they got to the office, the other three kids went right to work, and Finn wasn’t sure what he should do. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She also had Finn curled up beside her, with his head drooping against her arm—he’d fallen asleep an hour ago. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Nobody around here knew much about us—Mike Easton and his son, Finn. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z And she kept waving and waving and waving, as though she believed she’d never see Finn and Emma and Chess again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn allowed himself to be herded over to the steps. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “But the police had to come!” another of Finn’s friends, Spencer, added. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Mom whispered, shoving even more urgently at Finn and Emma and Chess. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She opens the kitchen window and throws out a scrub brush and a big bar of brown soap like the one they used on Finn the Horse. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Finn could smell the French toast as soon as he woke up. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn slid down to stand on his own two feet. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The loud buzz drilled into Finn’s skull and made his teeth ache. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn dove into the tent after it, landing on his elbows, pain ringing up to his shoulders. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Love was the reason Emma, Finn, and Chess had come all this way to rescue their mother. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn might have even said Chess looked old, which was crazy. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She grabbed ahold of the horse’s mane and swung one leg over the horse’s neck, faltering only for a moment till Finn steadied her with a hand on her hip. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He shoved the top sweater away—and there, hidden beneath it, still attached to the cord, was something that almost made Finn’s heart stop. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Eventually, though, they found out that there was a good reason for Finn’s odd expressions, his strange distraction, that annoying way he had of creeping up on a person. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Would he call Finn once a month, and send ten-dollar checks on his birthday? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Sorry, honey,” Ms. Morales said, ruffling Finn’s hair. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Behind the man, she saw Finn running for her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn agreed with a little laugh, as if the whole idea was ridiculous. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But Finn caught a faster movement out of the corner of his eye: Rocky, Other-Emma, and Other-Finn on the floor behind him, all of them scrambling for the phone Natalie had dropped. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn ground his palms into his forehead, trying to rub away the dull ache there. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Lash kept leading, the Finns on his heels. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Ms. Finn smiles and says, “I’m a psychotherapist, not a psychologist. Many people make that mistake. I assure you the level of care is the same.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z One of Priscilla’s hands twitched, and Finn knew she had been stung. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z His affliction, whatever it was called, hadn’t prevented Finn from helping Roza when she had needed him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes it was even Chess or Finn asking that question. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I sat up, thinking Finn would be surprised. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z But Finn got a picture in his mind of Chess slashing a sword through the air and driving its point into the ground, like someone issuing a dare. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She’d reached the desktop, with the background picture of all three kids at Halloween last year: Finn as a clown, Emma as a ninja, and Chess as a skeleton. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn switched to yanking on the bottom drawer. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Natalie began, and Finn forced himself to turn around and look at her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Of course, they were handcuffed to their brother, but Chess stayed by Finn, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn and me were living in a fleabag apartment in Kansas City. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Sean knew that already, knew it better than anyone, even though he never talked about it with Finn, never asked the right questions. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Most of the time, Finn said what he wanted to say as soon as he thought it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z One afternoon, one of the Finns left his wood chopping to urinate. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But he sounded as if he did, and Jonas was eyeing him as if he did, even as he pulled on some shoes to go with Finn back to Charlie’s. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z They thronged into the circle of light, just inches from Emma and the old lady—and from Finn hiding behind the old lady’s coat. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Sometime in the night, God knew when, Finn’s brother had cleaned things out, scrubbed things down, as if a girl could be washed from memory just by washing the floors. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Or was it that even a murderer would be nice to Finn? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She took one look at the box in Finn’s hand and frowned. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But Finn couldn’t tell if that was because they thought the air was dangerous or because they were scared. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She pushed away at Finn and Emma, and turned and shoved at Chess, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Do you think the original picture is a clue? Finn drew it on Mom’s phone case three years ago! How could it be a clue?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Still clutching Finn, he almost missed the chair. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z His uncle Finn had suggested they split up in Joplin. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Finn, it looks like you have a talent for finding the pretty ladies.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn, they were sure, had his heart in the right place. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn smelled cake and apple pie, and his stomach turned him in the direction of the refreshment stand, the goat trailing behind. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Amazingly, Finn had forgotten what Roza had done to free them until he saw the dark smear on the beast’s reddish fur. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “You can park in the driveway,” Finn volunteered. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn gripped the handle so tightly he could imagine crushing it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Sean felt as if he was stealing Finn’s line when he said, “What?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “In fact, Finn here is actually a virgin. Can you believe it? I know, right? What guy Finn’s age is still a virgin?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It fell to Finn once again to do all the talking. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Really, he just wanted to walk behind Finn and Emma so they couldn’t see his face and Chess wouldn’t have to stiffen it into a confident, cheerful, unconcerned mask. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn blinked hard, trying to make sure that no tears began rolling down his cheeks. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z One of the characters also happened to be a boy named Finn. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Emma grabbed Finn by the shoulders and started jumping up and down, like kids on the playground whose team had just scored a goal or a touchdown or a home run. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn stopped feeling like he’d reached a new stage of growing up. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z If we get out of here alive, I’ll have to thank Natalie for being at the end, and making sure Finn doesn’t get pulled away and swallowed up by the crowd, Chess thought. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Since Finn was only fifteen at the time, Sean opted to stay with his brother until Finn finished high school. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The Gustanos stiffened at the sight of the police, but Finn, whom they seemed to trust the most now, whispered to them, “No, no, these police are good guys. Everything’s okay.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn asked Chess, and this time he had no control of his voice. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “What does that have to do with anything?” said Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Like Old Charlie Valentine, Finn wished he could turn back the days as easily as a farmer turning a page in an almanac. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn was pretty sure that was how things worked. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Then he laid his palm flat in the center of Finn’s chest. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Petey put her own hands on Finn’s shoulders as he helped her down. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She jabbed her finger at Finn again and again, like someone tapping out a beat. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “It’s not fair otherwise. Finn, they’re places like our world, with a few differences. Or, there could be lots of differences, but they all start with one different decision, and...” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z You couldn’t leave Finn alone in the yard lest he follow a parade of ants right into the road. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “I’ll find one,” Finn volunteered, scrambling back from the edge of the bookcase. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z For as long as Chess could remember, he’d had to be the responsible oldest kid, the one who had to help Mom with Emma and Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finn hoped it was a prediction of how many chocolate chips would be in every cookie Mom was probably baking for them right now, for their after-school snack. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Hey, wait. I’m sorry, Finn. I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Finn did as Mel suggested, letting his vision go slack and blurry. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Finn could live with that, if it got Mom back. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It was 10 p.m. exactly—Finn had watched the numbers change on the digital clock in his room. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Like something out of Huckleberry Finn, he thought. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Miguel stood next to Finn while Mustard danced around their legs. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z An instant later, the glare of a spotlight cut through the crowd, reaching the exact spot where Finn had stood only seconds earlier. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z |
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