The Girls of Skylark Lane: Chapters 5–7

by Robin Benway
Twin sisters Aggie and Jac join a ragtag softball team after moving to Los Angeles. As the girls develop different interests and friendships, can they hold on to their sisterhood?

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  1. faze
    disturb the composure of
    Nothing ever fazed Jac, while it felt like everything fazed Aggie.
  2. gangly
    tall, thin, and awkward
    Aggie glanced up to see a girl with short hair, mild buck teeth, and gangly limbs looking back at her.
  3. feral
    wild and menacing
    “I also like cats,” Tink said as she and Aggie left homeroom together. Or, more accurately, Tink followed Aggie out of homeroom. “Even the feral ones. I used to feed one all the time until Isabel found out.”
  4. elated
    full of high-spirited delight
    Tink looked positively elated at the idea of a rat gnawing on her fingers, and despite her unease, Aggie felt that first connection of potential friendship.
  5. potential
    existing in possibility
    Tink looked positively elated at the idea of a rat gnawing on her fingers, and despite her unease, Aggie felt that first connection of potential friendship.
  6. ruse
    a deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture
    Aggie, on the other hand, had spent nearly every single day of her life with Jac and she knew that dead-eye stare was a ruse. This was Jac summoning all of her strength to barely tolerate someone.
  7. discerning
    having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
    Jac, on the other hand, had yet to make a friend.
    That was fine with her, of course. Unlike Aggie, who was always welcoming every stray thing—dog, cat, rat, human, it didn’t matter—Jac was more cautious. “Discerning,” her dad and papa would often say about her, and it was true and Jac was just fine with that.
  8. solidarity
    a union of interests or purposes among members of a group
    Jac rolled her eyes a little and felt a small bond of solidarity when Aggie did the same.
  9. problematic
    open to doubt or debate
    “LET’S MOVE, LADIES!” Mrs. Mitchell cried. “Let’s show those boys who’s boss!”
    “This feels very problematic,” Aggie said.
    “I already know I’m the boss,” Jac muttered under her breath.
  10. disposition
    your usual mood
    “I have a positive attitude and a cheerful disposition,” Tink protested, and Adriana squeezed her shoulder.
  11. bemused
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
    Their dad looked somewhere between bemused and concerned.
  12. dapple
    color with streaks or blotches of different shades
    The soft yellow sunlight dappled through the trees, and Aggie felt tiny bursts of warmth across her skin as they walked toward Tink’s house.
  13. ramshackle
    in poor or broken-down condition
    The house was more ramshackle than the others on the street.
  14. fluke
    a stroke of luck
    What if she embarrassed herself? What if her home run earlier that day had been a fluke?
  15. meander
    move or cause to move in a winding or curving course
    “Let’s gooo!” Adriana shouted. “Time is money!”
    “It is not!” Tink yelled back as she took her place out in right field and Dylan meandered over behind home plate and squatted down, the perfect pose for a catcher.
Created on Sat Jun 20 19:48:30 EDT 2026 (updated Tue Jul 21 15:15:36 EDT 2026)

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