The lake's deep...and dark...and dangerous.
People were so fragile, so easily broken, so hard to put back together. Mr.
Do you know how to play? I asked.Hannah gave me one of her vexed looks. Goodness, Andrew, if it weren’t for me you wouldn’t know the first thing about marbles. Your brain is a regular sieve these days...
I told you before--you mustn’t let Edward scare you. He’s a bully and a coward. What would Frank Merriwell do if he were you?Frank Merriwell--I was thoroughly sick of hearing that name.
Brandishing a green mallet, Hannah grinned at John. We’ll take sides. You and me against Andrew and Theo.Hannah went first. Theo and I watched her knock her ball through the first two wickets and aim...
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I told you before--you mustn’t let Edward scare you. He’s a bully and a coward. What would Frank Merriwell do if he were you?Frank Merriwell--I was thoroughly sick of hearing that name. I don’t care w...
To tell you the truth, I’m beginning to forget things too. The more I learn about you, the less I recollect about me. It’s as if your memories are crowding mine out, there’s no room for them in my hea...
Reaching out, Andrew crooked his little finger with mine. If I live, I’ll find a way to let you know, Drew, he promised. I owe you that much--and a whole lot more.After a little silence, Andrew’s face...
There. Hannah got to her feet and surveyed the cleared space. Picking up a stick, she drew a lopsided circle in the dirt. She scratched a cross in the middle and laid thirteen target marbles on it--on...
The water is DEEP AND DARK AND DANGEROUS
When Dad pulled up in front of the house, the three of us sat still for a moment and stared at the gloomy pile of bricks my great-aunt called home. Up close, it looked even worse than it had from a di...
You aren’t worried about tomorrow, are you?What do you think?He propped himself up on his elbows and studied my face. You told me last spring it was the easiest thing in the whole wide world. You coul...
Aunt Blythe went inside to check on Great-grandfather, but I sat on the front steps and watched the sun sink behind the trees across the highway. A little chill crept across my skin. Summer was almost...
At that moment, the back door opened, and Great-grandfather wheeled himself outside. Slowly and carefully, Hannah stepped through the door behind him. Aunt Blythe followed, balancing a tray loaded wit...
As she said, our talents made us different from other people, but not strange.
What on earth prompted you to bother Grandfather?I just wanted to get away from you, I mumbled. I didn’t know he was in there. I tried to keep my voice from shaking but it quavered anyway. Great-grand...
Theo, Aunt Blythe said. According to Father, he was a no-good rascal, but just look at that angelic little face. He couldn’t have been all bad.I guess Great-grandfather didn’t like him either.No, inde...
I was tempted to run down to the kitchen, but the memory of Dad’s words stopped me. Fearful, nervous, insecure--wasn’t that what he’d told Aunt Blythe? She’d already seen me behave like a baby once to...
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