"Nancy Kress - The Most Famous Little Girl in the World" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kress Nancy)

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2008
Whispers broke out all over the cafeteria. "That's her … her … her!"

Oh, shit. I bent my head over my milk. Last year the cafeteria used to serve fizzies and Coke and there
were vending machines with candy and chips, but the new principal took all that out. He's a real bastard.
Part of the "Clean Up America" campaign our new president is forcing down our throats, Dad said. Only
he didn't say "forcing" because he thinks it's cool, like all the Carter Falls High parents do. Supervision
for kids. School uniforms. Silent prayer. A mandatory class in citizenship. Getting expelled for everything
short of breathing. It all sucks.

"It is her," Jack said. "I saw her picture online."

Hannah said, "What do you suppose they really did to her in that ship when she was a little kid?"

Angie giggled and licked her lips. She has a really dirty mind. Carter, who's sort of a goody-goody even
though he's on the football team, said, "It's none of our business. And she was just a little kid."

"So?" Angie smirked. "You never heard of pedophiles?"

Hannah said, "Pedophile aliens? Grow up, Angie."

Jack said, "She's kind of cute."

"I thought you wanted a virgin, Jack," Angie said, still smirking.

Carter said, "Oh, give her a break. She just moved here, after all."

I watched Kyra walk uncertainly toward the cafeteria tables. The monitors were keeping a close eye on
everybody. We have monitors everywhere, just like the street has National Guard everywhere. Clean up
America, my ass. Kyra squinted; she's near-sighted and doesn't like to wear her contacts because she
says they itch. I ducked lower over my milk.

Angie said, "Somebody told me Kyra Lunden is your cousin."

Everybody's head jerked to look at me. Damn that bitch Angie! Where had she heard that? Mom had
promised me that nobody in school would know and Kyra wouldn't say anything! She and Aunt Julie had
to move, Mom and Dad said, because Aunt Julie was having a rough time since the divorce and she
needed to be close to her sister, and I should understand that. Well, I did, I guess, but not if Kyra blasted
in and ruined everything for me. This was my school, not hers, I spent a lot of time getting into the good
groups, the ones I was never part of in junior high, and no pathetic famous cousin was going to wreck
that. She couldn't even dance.

Jack said, "Kyra Lunden is your cousin, Amy? Really?"