{"text":"She could spin it between her legs, skip with it, twirl it around her neck and transfer it from one arm to the other. Shelly hooped because she enjoyed it; it calmed her whenever she would have an argument or a bad day at school, and it also allowed her to think. Today, she needed to hoop more than ever.","author":"Nathan Reese Maher","tags":["abandoned","all-alone","alone","blackout","blankets","boogieman","books","bullies","bump-in-the-night","chapter-series","children-books","children-s-books","clubhouse","creatures","darkness","diversity","dolls","female-protagonists","fighting","flashlights","ghosts","ghouls","girl-power","hide-and-go-seek","hiding","horror","hula-hoop","hunting","jump-rope","kick-the-can","kids","lights-out","lost","monsters","night","no-adults","no-electricity","no-parents","no-rules","no-school","patches","post-apocalyptic","powerout","rebels","running","shelly-wunn","sok-market","stuffed-animals","superpowers","survival","terror","vampires"],"id":212836,"author_id":"Nathan+Reese+Maher"}