Laurels Literary Magazine Fall 2014 | Page 50

Peter and Wendy in the Library Janna D. Tierney AT RISE INT. HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY—NIGHT (Lights are off. Light from large window and narrow beam through cracked door. Stacks of books lie around and someone has thrown tons of books off the shelves to the floor.) (WENDY slams a book on a study table, looks at it, and picks it up again. It reads “Fairy Tales” in large gold letters. She stands in front of one of the bookshelves, which run perpendicular to the audience. She tears a page out of the book and slumps to the floor. Wendy looks at the page, nods, and smirks.) (Wendy is a high school senior, a determined and successful student. She wears a pale blue skirt.) WENDY: T ^H