Nicki Quotes

“On his way home, Nicki saw a white shape in the distance. It was his lost mitten silhouetted against the blue sky.”

For practice, Gemma gets paired up with Raven De Head, a member of the town’s widely known ‘delinquent family’, instead of the guy she hoped for, her crush Nick.

“Once there was a boy named Nicki who wanted his new mittens made from wool as white as snow.

“When you come home, first I will look to see if you are safe and sound, but then I will look to see if you still have your snow white mittens.”

“At first his Grandmother, Baba, did not want to knit white mittens. ‘If you drop one in the snow,’ she warned, ‘you’ll never find it.’ ”

“As he ran to catch his snow-white mitten, he saw Baba’s face in the window. First she looked to see if he was safe and sound, and then she saw that he still had his new mittens.”