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...
I have no beliefs, said her mother. Only hopes.
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...
But West, like the rest of the Trevors, was endlessly polite. It gave them protection; they could stand neatly behind their courtesy.
It was the work of a warrior to enter the cave, jab the bear awake and tempt him, grumpy and stuporous, to come out where he could be shot. No fur was so warm, no meat so good, no claws better ornamen...
Wanted is a good action book
She could eat a salad without worrying about diarrhea.
By noon the next day, she had pulled off three more ATM events.
Stephen was shaped like a tire iron, all his bones a little too long:
It’s such a good meal tonight. Lemon chicken, carrot-raisin salad, orzo, broccoli, a nice dinner roll, and chocolate pudding.
I'm interesting, she thought. I'm unusual. But I'm not beautiful....
I thought of the parable of the prodigal son. We had made merry for the beloved child's return too - but what happens when the beloved child doesn't say she's sorry? The parable doesn't talk about tha...
He felt enormously tired, as if he were an autumn leaf and his season were over. He felt ready to fall from the branch.
Did he think Brendan planned to snatch the laptop and throw it down a crevasse in a glacier?
Bianca and Mindy crept into the room like great big fashionable mice.
You must love teaching', one mother said to Mr. Shevvington. 'Yes indeed. I think of each class as a zoo.' He laughed..'Twenty-six to a cage.
The sea can smack the rocks like a hand smacking a cheek. It can hiss or gurgle or even kiss. But when it wants, it can go quiet. 'And then', said Anya Rothrock, 'you can hear the voices of the drowne...
Michael sat down next to her. She was too startled to be polite. Michael! What are you doing here? Where did you come from?
I stalked you. Don’t be mad.
I guess you've grown up anyway, Janie. Even with all the bricks I put on your head to keep you little.