They ended up at the Old Corner Bookstore, which Brian had read about in a tour guide to Boston. Longfellow and Hawthorne and Oliver Wendell Holmes used to read here. Let's go in. Brian nudged the gir...
They ended up at the Old Corner Bookstore, which Brian had read about in a tour guide to Boston. "Longfellow and Hawthorne and Oliver Wendell Holmes used to read here. Let's go in." Brian nudged the g...
She had never had a daydream that dreamed itself, like nightmares. That crawled out of her brain like a creature of the dark. A daymare.
It was darker in the tower than any place Devnee had ever been. The dark had textures, some velvet, some satin. The dark shifted positions.The dark continued to breathe. The breath of the tower lifted...
She was a mind floating in an ocean of confusion.
She had a sense of herself being brain dead: running on tubes and machines.
They crossed field after field, the Indians constantly demanding more speed. Mercy did not know why the Indians were in such a hurry. They had killed anybody who could chase them.
The dancing began. Along with ancient percussion instruments that crackled and rattled, rasped and banged, the St. Francis Indians had French bells, whose clear chimes rang, and even a bugle, whose no...
The only good thing about this rough land was firewood. No human had ever gathered a fallen branch here. So they could stay warm, but they had nothing to cook over the flames. It seemed to Eben the In...
They stayed in St. Francis for several days.Mercy was careful not to be around Ebenezer Sheldon again, and careful not to examine the reasons why. Minutes before the Kahnawake Indians stepped into the...
But sometimes, in tight corners, when your back is against the wall and the world is against you, you have to fight back in unexpected ways.
It was an hour before the Indians paused again, and then they stopped so abruptly that prisoners were tripping over each other.It frightened Eben. What was going to happen?What dread plan might the In...
If I were a seagullI wouldn't have to stick aroundIf people argued- I would fly off,swerve, wheel, dip, scream.a thousand wings of company if I have friendstwo strong wings of my ownIf I don't
Listen to the sea...it sounds like a coffin being dragged over broken glass.
During the march, when Mercy was finding the Mohawk language such a challenge and a pleasure to learn, Ruth had said to Eben, I know why the powwow’s magic is successful. The children arrive ready.The...
They marched.Ask your Indian his name, Mercy said softly to Eben. They like that.So Eben patted his chest and said, Eben. Then he touched his Indian’s arm and said, Who are you?Thorakwaneken.Eben said...
They marched until the captives could not take another step. Eben dragged Eliza half the way and Sarah dragged her the rest. Mercy and Joseph took turns hauling Ruth. That night they slept like rocks,...
The rock-hard wetness of her heavy leather shoes had frozen her toes and blistered her heels. But now her feet were cozy inside the soft moccasins. She felt guilty about the others, still suffering, a...
The girl who had been Mercy Carter stood for a long time watching the canoes disappear down the St. Lawrence. She had waved after Daniel, had been too crushed to wave after Sarah and Eben, and never t...
My theory, said Eben, is that being a captive is an honor for the strong and the uncomplaining.Sarah and Mercy considered this.Then why is Ruth alive? She complains all day long, said Sarah.But she is...
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