Read the excerpt from "Shout A Poetry Memoir.”
On our bellies, facing the beach,
hands in the mud
legs in the water, my feet motorboated obediently.
I didn't mind kicking long as I could hold
on to the shore.
But then the Lady beckoned us into deep water
one by one. I refused,
even with the rest of the class staring
The Lady hooked me under the armpits and pulled
me in.
earthbound, "directionally challenged practice cemetary get and driven from SHOUT
by Laurie Halse Anderson, copyright © 2019 by Laune Haise Anderson Used by permission
of Viking Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of
Which detail best contributes to the cautious tone of
this excerpt?
"I didn't mind kicking long as I could hold / on to the
shore
OBut then the Lady beckoned us into deep water"
O I refused, even with the rest of the class staring."
O The Lady hooked me under the armpits and pulled /
me in."