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Very poor reasons I put together Chapter 40 in haste. Something about missing a flight. Anyway one kind reader pointed out that I had missed a few stories that I had my hero read along the way. About 19 of them. (Hang my head in shame).
So if felt left hanging about a story it is my fault and
Thanks Peter B.
P.S. I just remembered one I picked up as missed, then forgot to correct. Shadows on the wall of a cave is from the The Republic by Plato. But everyone knows that old tale.

Ninth grade is now finished with Chapter 40 listing all the novels referenced as nighttime reading.
I will be finishing, editing then posting another story, Ever and Always.

When that is complete I will be writing Tenth grade. I have learned a lot about writing as my first attempt was in progress. I hope to build from there.
Thank you for all the kind comments, even the corrections were nicely presented. Thanks again. Ed

While it is the end of the ninth grade for Ricky, it is not the end of his saga. I will be taking several months off to start the next story. There will be another story of a different flavor being posted in between this and Tenth Grade, Hey who said I was good at original titles.
There will be a chapter 40 next week listing all the books by title and author that Ricky has read. There will also be a few notes about some of the people he met along the way. These are both real and fictional.
Questions remain, have we found out Mum's deepest secrets? Does Dad have a past we don't know about? Will Ricky end up owning his own Space-X? Will Mary be a stewardess? Or a roller skating waitress? Will she ever give up her tiara? Inquiring minds want to know.

Followers of the Rick Jackson Saga might have noticed his hometown of Bellefontaine, Ohio in the news. It is sadly about a mother killing her three children. It occurred within a block of where my real Mum lives. What a sad event.

Before anyone asks, the only similarity between Ricks Mum and my real life Mum is, that they are both Mum's.

FYI there will be a follow up story to Ninth Grade Rick Jackson

it will have an original title like, Tenth Grade Rick Jackson. There will be a hiatus between stories as I need to develop a buffer for weekly posting. I am hard pressed to do a chapter every week. With my travel I don't always complete a chapter a week. I started Ninth Grade with a six chapter buffer. I now have no buffer. Finished this weeks chapter around 6:30 a.m. this morning, now have to start next weeks and have ready while I still have to travel to FL work three days and back to MD. I suspect if I don't post that chapter on line, I will be lynched.