In a dark and twisted grove of spruce, a place Eben would have avoided in summer at high noon, the Indians stopped for the night. If he had ever seen a place where an evil spirit would dwell, this was...
Eben’s moccasins were lined with thick black fur. His boots were abandoned at the edge of the trail. Eben thought of Deerfield men getting this far in pursuit and finding a hundred pairs of shoes.
Eben realized that he need not worry about being burned or tortured. He was going to starve to death.Eben had thought that up here, where nobody lived or ever had, the deer would be standing in rows i...
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.
Seventh grade had a full complement of creeps, weirdos, future criminals, and nerds.
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.
Janie and Jodie looked at him as if he were an out-of-date computer chip.
In childhood, she had had milk allergies, or so they’d thought. But either she’d never had them or had outgrown them or ice cream transcended all problems.
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 wonder why we always deny love. I remember in middle school, if you were accused of the crime of loving, you screamed denials constantly and stopped ever even looking at the boy you were accused of...
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.
Foster children could pack quickly. Every move Matt had ever made took only minutes, whereas when real people moved, they spent weeks getting ready, filling huge vans and leaving a trail of cardboard...
Fall in love with me, Gary! She thought. Please. Please sit here holding me and think there's nowhere on earth I'd rather be than here, and no girl I'd rather have in my lap than Beth Rose Chapman!
Eben would rather have had that knife pierce his chest and kill him than live to acquire an Indian vocabulary, but it was something to do and it kept Mercy cheerful.