Excerpt from The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

Eve surveyed the high tundra and said, "Dear Diary, I am having the best summer ever! I have made so many fun friends at my life-guarding job and I'm getting a great tan. I think I have a crush on my boss."

At least there was Eve. At least Eve knew how to be angry out loud. As the firstborn, it was her job to be the icebreaker ship, plowing through her mother's good intentions. Fifteen was old enough to brew stronger, higher-value anger. Vera's version, at thirteen, was only a mixer.

"I do not love you," Eve said to their mother.

"You do love me and I know it. This is exactly, exactly, what love feels like."

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