Ruth lay down and inched forward until she could look over the edge of the cliff to see what had happened.The force of Otter’s fall had brought snow and rock down upon him. One hand stuck out, and par...
One of the Sheldon boys had frozen his toes. His Indian came over to look but shook his head. There was nothing to be done. Ebenezer Sheldon could limp to Canada or give up. Guess I’ll limp, said Eben...
Mercy’s only hope for friendship was Nistenha’s cousin’s daughter, Snow Walker, who was a frequent visitor and pleasant enough. But Indians were less likely to talk for the sake of talk and Snow Walke...
Mercy was outdoors more than she had ever been.She had thought that after the horrifying journey of ice and snow, she would never want the outdoors again. But spring and summer were joy.You’re not joy...
Joanna Kellogg, one of Joseph’s sisters, was stumbling.For Joanna, the world was blurred. Her eyes didn’t focus the way other people’s did. Leaves on trees were green blots against a blue sky. She cou...
But am I lost?And am I Mercy Carter? she had promised Uncle Nathaniel. I will remember my family, my God and my home.I have not broken my promise. I remember my family with love. I honor my God in eve...
To be believed, you had to have the support of the Somebodies
The only evil is that I don't mind that it happened.
Strat yearned to imagine her without even the thin white dress, but it would not be honorable, so he prevented himself from having such a fantasy.
Sometimes, when he was older, and especially after he became taller than his mother, he would put his arms around her and silently hold her, and feel her pain right through the fold of his embrace.
My French family will put up a terrible fuss, said Sarah anxiously. Pierre might even summon his fellow officers and do something violent.Eben grinned. Not if I have Huron warriors behind me.
Lord, it’s only been six months since the last time I was a total jerk, thought Reeve. Am I going to be a total jerk again?
Let’s go get ice cream! cried Janie.
Last time she had been here, the room had been pastel, romantic and soft. Now it was icily white. It was urban, out of a slick magazine, as if some cold, successful woman lived here with two possessio...
Jared never prayed, because the idea of a loving God seemed out of sync with the facts of the world.
Janie and Jodie looked at him as if he were an out-of-date computer chip.
I'll take you to Mickey D's, said Sean. I'll buy you a hamburger. Annie was not thrilled. Sean's offer did not compare to offers made in other centuries. And fries, Sean said. And a vanilla milkshake....
I never heard of the person on this return address. Calvin Vinesett. What a name. He’s probably selling something, like all our other mail is. The expensive envelope is a sales trick.
How terrifying empty beds were. The neatness of the sheets and blankets was like the neatness of a mowed and trimmed graveyard.
Her name was Janie and she loved her shoes and she loved her doggy back home and basically she loved everything. Hannah quickly tired of this kid’s happiness.