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<span style="color: #999999;"><b>Publisher: Rosewind Books (November 22, 2022)<br />Language: English<br />Paperback: 260 pages<br />ISBN-10: 1645480860<br />ISBN-13: 978-1645480860</b></span><div><span style="color: #999999;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Praise for THE SEASHELL OF 'OHANA<br /></span></b><br /><span style="color: #999999;">A heartwarming story about finding love when you least expect it, second chances, and
how loved ones who have passed away are still with you, no matter where you are. Fans of Debbie Macomber, Susan Mallery, Pamela Kelley, and Jenny Hale will adore this romantic journey of self-discovery and matters of the heart.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“The sweeping island scenery and romance left me feeling refreshed. This was a mini escape!” —</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">First for Women Magazine</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"Slow, yummy build of strong attraction with a perfect happily ever after. It was wonderful to go along on this sweet journey of fate meets destiny." —</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Elliot</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, EllieSewSweet</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"This love story is truly heartwarming. From page one, the story draws the reader in and keeps the pages turning. Happiness and tears throughout the book." —</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Sue M. Van</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, Independent Authors Blog</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"This story is like being inside a Hallmark movie." —</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Cindy</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, Goodreads</span>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Since Abby became a widow in her mid-twenties, she’s spent the past four years raising her son and working long hours at the gallery she owns with her sister in Kauai. She doesn’t have time for a social life, nor does she want one. Until the handsome Ian Bordonaro comes back to town.<br /><br />When Abby finds out Ian is grieving the death of his mother, she feels an instant connection. She knows his pain too well, and not many in her life understand what she’s been through. Their
friendship grows, but a lingering sense of guilt prevents Abby from moving forward.<br /><br />Will she surrender to grief and give up her second chance at happily ever after? Or will finding a rare angelwing shell intact on the beach be a sign it’s time to open her heart again?</span><br />
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</span></p><p class="qowt-li-8_0 qowt-list qowt-stl-NormalWeb x-scope qowt-word-para-4" id="E495" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E495" qowt-entry="9" qowt-list-type="n" qowt-lvl="0" qowt-template="8" style="background-color: white; padding-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="qowt-font5-Arial" id="E496" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E496" style="color: #0f1111;">“I was your first love, but someone will be your last.”</span>
</span></p><p class="qowt-li-8_0 qowt-list qowt-stl-NormalWeb x-scope qowt-word-para-4" id="E497" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E497" qowt-entry="9" qowt-list-type="n" qowt-lvl="0" qowt-template="8" style="background-color: white; padding-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="qowt-font9-Merriweather qowt-stl-Strong" id="E498" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E498" style="color: #181818;">In the darkness. Just the two of us under the gorgeous moonlit sky, I could paint this. This view. This moment. But this feeling … My heart hadn’t settled back after its leap into the stars, yet.</span>
</span></p><p class="qowt-li-8_0 qowt-list qowt-stl-NormalWeb x-scope qowt-word-para-4" id="E499" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E499" qowt-entry="9" qowt-list-type="n" qowt-lvl="0" qowt-template="8" style="background-color: white; padding-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="qowt-font9-Merriweather qowt-stl-Strong" id="E500" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E500" style="color: #181818;">“I would wait a lifetime for you, Abby. My heart was an empty sky, but you gave me the moon and the stars. Steve was your first, but I want to be your last.”</span>
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and her children's chapter book: No Bullies Allowed.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Mary resides in Southern California with her husband, two children, and two little dogs, Mochi and Mocha. She enjoys oil painting and making jewelry. Being a huge </span><i style="color: #999999;">Twilight </i><span style="color: #999999;">fan, Mary was inspired to make book-themed jewelry and occasionally gives it away as prizes to her fans.</span>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Praise for DISCOVERY OF THE FIVE SENSES<br /></span></b><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"Brilliantly crafted and written!" —</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Megan King</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, Indie Book Reviewers</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"An energetic adventure debut with stellar action sequences. Smith's writing is intelligent and often lyrical. Her exuberant prose never fails to dazzle." —</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Kirkus Media</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"Author K.N. Smith uses her mastery of the written word to weave an entrancing, yet powerful tale of adventure that keeps you turning pages in an unquenchable desire to find out what happens next." —</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Publishers Daily Reviews</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"Well written and very creative, 'Discovery of the Five Senses' is an absolute must-read for fans of novels such as Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, etc." —</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Anabella Johnson</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, Indie Book Reviewers</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"K.N. Smith has an incredible way with words; her descriptions are vivid; you see what the characters are seeing, you feel what they are feeling; you feel like you are there." —</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Cody Brighton</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, Indie Book Reviewers </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"A wonderful and deeply written emotional adventure." —</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Self Publishing Review</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"K.N. Smith's articulate word imagery is all that is needed to transport readers to a mysterious world. Make the time to connect with this piece of literary prowess. You will not regret it." —</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">V. McDermott</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, Educator, English Teachers Association of Queensland, Australia</span><div><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrxG4P5j7KDFEVE_xdTkkvsuhD6ysQ2Ui70qQn_7-8iaI8v7VDKM5LT9oemGjunzHMaqgMoOQG5N89oMZp8oRGkFVVSUA1Vqgyc1wd8Z9JumZRhYS2RsHXFH6GJ5FjUdwMLTxMZSjs-2JiFBH83y-yHPT5qU9oFB792dk8yT7vnA1_ZVUwFqye2vo9g/s630/620.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrxG4P5j7KDFEVE_xdTkkvsuhD6ysQ2Ui70qQn_7-8iaI8v7VDKM5LT9oemGjunzHMaqgMoOQG5N89oMZp8oRGkFVVSUA1Vqgyc1wd8Z9JumZRhYS2RsHXFH6GJ5FjUdwMLTxMZSjs-2JiFBH83y-yHPT5qU9oFB792dk8yT7vnA1_ZVUwFqye2vo9g/s16000/620.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<span style="color: #999999;">Welcome or unwelcome. Fate has arrived.<br />“A captivating and poetic tale of mystery, fantasy, and reality tied together by action!” 5-stars, Lars Jackson, Amazon Customer</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999;"><br />A suspenseful incident in a forbidden preserve heightens the senses of five friends. Sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell become super-gifts that forever change the world. But furious battles confront the boys as they try to understand their sensory super powers in a race to save mankind. With light
beings and mysterious strangers complicating their plight, can the boys defeat the evil Druth before it’s too late? Get prepared for the twisting and grinding of this award-winning, action-adventure story — an edge-of-your-seat narrative for young and mature readers alike. <br /> <br /></span><div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><b>ASIN: B09RX41PKP<br />Publisher: <a href="https://amzn.to/3Uhyy0l" target="_blank">Aladdin</a> (September 27, 2022)<br />Publication date: September 27, 2022<br />Language: English</b></span><div><span style="color: #999999;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Praise for HAVEN JACOBS SAVES THE PLANET<br /></span></b><br /><span
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<b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Barbara Dee </span></b><span style="color: #999999;">is the author of twelve middle grade novels including <i>Violets Are Blue, Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet, My Life in the Fish Tank, Maybe He Just Likes You, Everything I Know About You, Halfway Normal,</i> and <i>Star-Crossed</i>. Her books have earned several starred reviews and have been named to many best-of lists, including <i>The Washington Post</i>’s Best Children’s Books, the ALA Notable Children’s Books, the ALA Rise: A Feminist Book Project List, the NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, and the ALA Rainbow List Top Ten. Barbara lives with her family, including a naughty cat named Luna and a sweet rescue hound named Ripley, in Westchester County, New York.</span><div style="text-align: center;">
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR19Y7RU850oIL6yQqERzaDZ9J-DOXSq91h2KPnAuBpKrQPiMPmvC-_wO2qlxBmGi8V3mbV3FMa6lU_QX6EzOOalmLVXz1E4C_5Ey7wcn0h4oyOMFFkYno7mjX9Wx6RpJ2AkLXxoysT8qLUFlzJyGHFCjiHZDpaxbehwdAiIgcOr-tLRN4iagbY6Q7zQ/s629/620.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR19Y7RU850oIL6yQqERzaDZ9J-DOXSq91h2KPnAuBpKrQPiMPmvC-_wO2qlxBmGi8V3mbV3FMa6lU_QX6EzOOalmLVXz1E4C_5Ey7wcn0h4oyOMFFkYno7mjX9Wx6RpJ2AkLXxoysT8qLUFlzJyGHFCjiHZDpaxbehwdAiIgcOr-tLRN4iagbY6Q7zQ/s16000/620.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #999999;">The summer Luke came into my life, I decided to keep him a secret. Even from my celebrity-obsessed best friend. Maybe he *was* a dead-ringer for notorious Hollywood bad boy Trent Yves. And it was possible that everything he told me was a lie. And yes, I was probably asking for trouble. But all I saw was Luke--sweet, funny, caring--someone who would let me be the real me.<br /><br />But which was the real him?</span>
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</div></div><div><qowt-page is-first-page-in-section="" named-flow="FLOW-1" style="height: 792pt; width: 612pt;"><div class="style-scope qowt-page" id="contentsContainer" style="padding-left: 72pt; padding-right: 72pt;"><div class="style-scope qowt-page" id="contents"><qowt-section id="E421" named-flow="FLOW-2" qowt-eid="E421" style="column-count: 1;"><div class="style-scope qowt-page" id="contentsContainer" style="padding-left: 72pt; padding-right: 72pt;"><div class="style-scope qowt-page" id="contents"><qowt-section id="E421" named-flow="FLOW-2" qowt-eid="E421" style="column-count: 1;"><p class="qowt-stl-NormalWeb x-scope qowt-word-para-2" id="E444" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E444" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="background-color: white; padding-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E456" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E456" style="background-color: yellow; font-size: 11pt;">Ten quotes from </span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E457" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E457" style="background-color: yellow; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">THE SUMMER OF NO REGRETS</span>
</p><p class="qowt-li-3_0 qowt-list qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E458" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E458" qowt-entry="8" qowt-list-type="n" qowt-lvl="0" qowt-template="3" style="line-height: 1.2; padding-top: 12pt;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E459" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E459">1. </span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E459">I had looked at that face and it had looked back at me, and seen—what? Poet-and-violinist </span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E461" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E461">Brigitta</span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E463" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E463">? Seeker-after-Truth </span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E465" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E465">Brigitta</span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E467" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E467">? </span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E469" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E469">Brigitta</span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E471" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E471">-who-knows-the-origins-of-hundreds-of-words? No. He'd seen vapid </span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E473" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E473">Brigitta</span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E475" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E475">. </span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E477" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E477">Easily-entertained</span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E479" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E479"> </span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E481" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E481">Brigitta</span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E483" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E483">. Sellout </span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E485" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E485">Brigitta</span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E487" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E487">.</span></p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E488" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E488" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.2; padding-top: 12pt;">
</p><p class="qowt-li-3_0 qowt-list qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E489" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E489" qowt-entry="8" qowt-list-type="n" qowt-lvl="0" qowt-template="3" style="line-height: 1.2; padding-top: 12pt;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E490" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E490">2. “</span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E492" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E492">Ahhhh</span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E494" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E494">,” said Natalie. “You sure you don't want him? </span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E495" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E495" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E496" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E496">“That is so cheap,” I said. “Can't you see how cheap that is?” </span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E498" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E498" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E499" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E499">“Do I care how cheap that is?” said Natalie. “Look at him, </span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E501" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E501">Brigitta</span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E503" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E503">! You want a religious experience? There's your god.”</span>
</p><p class="qowt-li-3_0 qowt-list qowt-stl-NormalWeb x-scope qowt-word-para-4" id="E504" is="qowt-word-para" named-flow="FLOW-3" qowt-eid="E504" qowt-entry="8" qowt-list-type="n" qowt-lvl="0" qowt-template="3" style="background-color: white; padding-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E505" is="qowt-word-run" named-flow="FLOW-4" qowt-eid="E505" style="font-size: 11pt;">3. Mom talks about past lives and karma. When Dad was an atheist, he talked about how the body’s decay feeds the planet. Now he talks about the spirit world. I don’t like to think about any of that. Even if you go somewhere, everything familiar ends: no more birthday parties, no more brushing your hair. I shivered. The cougar's vacant face gazed</span></p></qowt-section></div></div><p class="qowt-stl-NormalWeb x-scope qowt-word-para-2" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E444" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="background-color: white; padding-bottom: 0pt;"><qowt-page named-flow="FLOW-1" style="height: 792pt; width: 612pt;"><qowt-header class="style-scope qowt-page style-scope qowt-page" contenteditable="false" id="undefined" qowt-eid="undefined" style="min-height: 36pt; padding-left: 72pt; padding-right: 72pt; padding-top: 36pt;"></qowt-header><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" is="qowt-word-run" named-flow="FLOW-4" qowt-eid="E505" style="font-size: 11pt;">from the photo. She'd been so alive. And in that <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>moment of her </span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E507" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E507" style="font-size: 11pt;">aliveness</span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E509" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E509" style="font-size: 11pt;"> I'd been about to die. How could death and life be sisters like that?</span></qowt-page></p><div class="style-scope qowt-page" id="contentsContainer" style="padding-left: 72pt; padding-right: 72pt;"><div class="style-scope qowt-page" id="contents"><qowt-section break-before="" indexed-flow="SI12" named-flow="FLOW-2" qowt-eid="E421" style="column-count: 1;"><p class="qowt-stl-NormalWeb x-scope qowt-word-para-4" id="E510" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E510" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-teid="T11" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span>
</p><p class="qowt-li-3_0 qowt-list qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E511" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E511" qowt-entry="8" qowt-list-type="n" qowt-lvl="0" qowt-template="3" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E512" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E512">4. “Don't you remember convincing everybody at Camp Eagle's Nest we were sisters? From a remote island off New Zealand?"</span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E513" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E513" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E514" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E514">"We were twelve!"</span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E515" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E515" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E516" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E516">"So? Who said you couldn't act goofy anymore? Who said you had to go all Grim Reaper? Who said you had to spend all your time up in a treehouse studying the mystical whatever-it-is you're after? We're sixteen, </span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E518" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E518">Brigitta</span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E520" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E520">. We don't have to be dead." </span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E521" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E521" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E522" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E522">"I'm not dead."</span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E523" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E523" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E524" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E524">"Yeah, well," Natalie made a zombie face, "you're doing a pretty good imitation."</span>
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</p><p class="qowt-li-3_0 qowt-list qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E527" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E527" qowt-entry="8" qowt-list-type="n" qowt-lvl="0" qowt-template="3" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E528" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E528">5. It had been a long time since I'd followed the animals' movements. I could be uninhibited when I was little, but it's different now. People see you; they make judgments. And </span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E530" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E530">pretty soon</span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E532" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E532"> you find out you're alone. Maybe that's why I hadn't sensed the cougar when she was alive. Yet when I'd finally called her, Onawa had led me to her babies. Or rather, she had led Luke to her babies. </span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E533" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E533" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 2.4;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-teid="T15"><br /></span>
</p><p class="qowt-li-3_0 qowt-list qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E534" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E534" qowt-entry="8" qowt-list-type="n" qowt-lvl="0" qowt-template="3" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E535" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E535">6. "I didn't think you were afraid of anything." </span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E536" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E536" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E537" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E537">Luke looked away from me and out to sea. "Oh, yeah," he said. "I am." </span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E538" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E538" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E539" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E539">I moved the drapery behind us, so that we were between it and the outside glass encasing the lantern room. "What?" I asked him. "What are you afraid of?" </span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E540" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E540" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E541" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E541">I thought he wasn't going to answer. Maybe I'd pushed him too far. </span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E542" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E542" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E543" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E543">"</span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E545" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E545">Myself</span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E547" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E547">," he said. </span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E548" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E548" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E549" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E549">I searched his face. "You're not frightening," I said.</span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E550" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E550" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 2.4;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-teid="T16"><br /></span>
</p><p class="qowt-li-3_0 qowt-list qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E551" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E551" qowt-entry="8" qowt-list-type="n" qowt-lvl="0" qowt-template="3" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E552" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E552">7. On the bedside table were Luke's car keys, a handful of agates we'd found on the beach, his wallet. I willed my mind to stop whirling. Downstairs, Liza was probably calling the press. Silly. Just like Natalie. </span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-NormalWeb x-scope qowt-word-para-4" id="E553" is="qowt-word-para" named-flow="FLOW-5" qowt-eid="E553" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 36pt; padding-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E554" is="qowt-word-run" named-flow="FLOW-6" qowt-eid="E554" style="font-size: 11pt;">Still, the parallels between Luke Geoffrey and Trent Yves were hard to ignore: the unexplained absences, the crazy mom—and especially his looks. Even he knew he looked like Trent. I sat down on the bed and fingered Luke's wallet. If I opened it and pulled the</span></p></qowt-section></div></div><p class="qowt-stl-NormalWeb x-scope qowt-word-para-2" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E444" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="background-color: white; padding-bottom: 0pt;"><qowt-page named-flow="FLOW-1" style="height: 792pt; width: 612pt;"><qowt-header class="style-scope qowt-page style-scope qowt-page" contenteditable="false" id="undefined" qowt-eid="undefined" style="min-height: 36pt; padding-left: 72pt; padding-right: 72pt; padding-top: 36pt;"></qowt-header><span style="font-size: 11pt;">card out, would it say Luke Geoffrey?</span></qowt-page></p><div class="style-scope qowt-page" id="contentsContainer" style="padding-left: 72pt; padding-right: 72pt;"><div class="style-scope qowt-page" id="contents"><qowt-section break-before="" indexed-flow="SI18" named-flow="FLOW-2" qowt-eid="E421" style="column-count: 1;"><p class="x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E555" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E555" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 2.4; text-indent: 36pt;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-teid="T17"><br /></span>
</p><p class="qowt-li-3_0 qowt-list qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E556" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E556" qowt-entry="8" qowt-list-type="n" qowt-lvl="0" qowt-template="3" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E557" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E557">8. I swallowed a lump in my throat and faced him. "Why do you go along with them like that?" I </span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E559" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E559">said</span><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E561" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E561">. </span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E562" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E562" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E563" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E563">"Go along with who?" He wound the laces absently around the carving. </span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E565" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E565" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E566" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E566">"Kids with Nerf balls and girls in shopping malls? Is this just an ego trip for you—'looking like a movie star?'" </span>
</p><p class="qowt-stl-ListParagraph x-scope qowt-word-para-3" id="E567" is="qowt-word-para" qowt-eid="E567" qowt-entry="undefined" qowt-lvl="undefined" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="qowt-font5-Georgia" id="E568" is="qowt-word-run" qowt-eid="E568">Luke surveyed the blackberry bushes. He sighed. "Do you know how many times a day I would have to say, 'No, I am not Trent Yves' if I didn't do that? And I'm not going to disappoint little kids." </span>
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<b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Betty Culley</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">’s debut novel in verse <i>Three Things I Know Are True</i>, was a Kids’ Indie Next List Top Ten Pick, an ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee, and the 2021 Maine Literary Book Award Winner for Young People’s Literature. Her first middle-grade novel <i>Down to Earth </i>is inspired by her fascination with meteorites, voyagers from another place and time. She’s an RN who worked as an obstetrics nurse and as a pediatric home hospice nurse. She lives in central Maine, where the rivers run through the small towns.</span><br /> <br />
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<b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Stacy Hackney</span></b><span style="color: #999999;"> grew up in Virginia where she spent her early years forcing the neighborhood kids into performing plays she wrote, reading everything she could get her hands on, and singing in the school choir. She graduated from Wake Forest University with a BA in English literature and received a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. She currently lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband, four sons, and their rescue dog named Albert. Stacy is the author of Forever Glimmer Creek and Sisters of Luna Island.</span><br /> <br />
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Successfully tackling the devastation of depression on family relationships, the bitter cost of war, and the uplifting strength of no-nonsense friendship, this story has impressive depth. Superb." —</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Kirkus Reviews </span></i></b><span style="color: #999999;">(starred review)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"Middle grade lovers of World War II historical fiction will find this title engrossing. Elliot’s story delivers facts and a thoughtful approach to characters experiencing grief and depression, while adding some maritime adventure. VERDICT A must-have for all middle grade historical fiction collections. Recommend to those who enjoyed Kimberly Brubaker Bradley’s The War That Saved My Life and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch’s Making Bombs for Hitler." —</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">School Library Journal</span></i></b><span style="color: #999999;"> (starred review)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"Elliott weaves a deeply moving historical tale, including small but significant details that flesh out the situations and characters, even the secondary ones. The extensive and fact-filled backstory in the author's note gives readers even more context. An excellent middle-grade read that balances adventure, emotions, and family." —</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Booklist </span></i></b><span style="color: #999999;">(starred review)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"An infrequently explored aspect of WWII history—German submarines torpedoing U.S. cargo ships along America’s East Coast—underpins Elliott’s (Walls) well-crafted novel. Evocative descriptions of the region’s natural life ground this realistic depiction of one family’s efforts to withstand depression and personal tragedy during wartime." —</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Publishers Weekly</span></i></b><span style="color: #999999;"> (starred review)</span><div><span style="color: #999999;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIP_BSGqC8vyVoXKeSYglLiHbtWYbfWyF0qbpfBjj-yXMOwCbg5IXSouFCk6BatOEeQPocChFsQEEcEn1akVzbXuX5Mvs61wLsQwvRqINrqLVTRVjm_WiITZXPqDQRU5PfmGGM9JhyfsTLxU1k3KZmkI4cRnHkBoSDKcRLa8kMz_0nsraXSMLv8FCu0Q/s620/Louisa%20June%20and%20the%20Nazis%20in%20the%20Waves.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIP_BSGqC8vyVoXKeSYglLiHbtWYbfWyF0qbpfBjj-yXMOwCbg5IXSouFCk6BatOEeQPocChFsQEEcEn1akVzbXuX5Mvs61wLsQwvRqINrqLVTRVjm_WiITZXPqDQRU5PfmGGM9JhyfsTLxU1k3KZmkI4cRnHkBoSDKcRLa8kMz_0nsraXSMLv8FCu0Q/s16000/Louisa%20June%20and%20the%20Nazis%20in%20the%20Waves.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><b>In this moving and timeless story, award-winning author L. M. Elliott captures life on the U.S. homefront during World War II, weaving a rich portrait of a family reeling from loss and the chilling yet hopeful voyage of fighting for what matters, perfect for fans of <i>The War That Saved My Life</i>.<br /></b><br />Days after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Hitler declared war on the U.S., unleashing U-boat submarines to attack American ships. Suddenly, the waves outside Louisa June's farm aren't for eel-fishing or marveling at wild swans or learning to skull her family's boat--they're dangerous, swarming with hidden enemies.<br /><br />Her oldest brothers' ships risk coming face-to-face with U-boats. Her sister leaves home to weld Liberty Boat hulls. And then her daddy, a tugboat captain, and her dearest brother, Butler, are caught in the crossfire.<br /><br />Her mama has always swum in a sea of melancholy, but now she really needs Louisa June to find moments of beauty or inspiration to buoy her. Like sunshine-yellow daffodils, good books, or news accounts of daring rescues of torpedoed passengers.<br /><br />Determined to help her Mama and aching to combat Nazis herself, Louisa June turns to her quirky friend Emmett and the indomitable Cousin Belle, who has her own war stories--and a herd of cats--to share. In the end, after a perilous sail, Louisa June learns the greatest lifeline is love.</span>
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<b><span style="color: #cccccc;">L. M. Elliott</span></b><span style="color: #999999;"> was an award-winning Washington-based magazine journalist, covering women’s issues, mental health, and the performing arts, before becoming a New York Times best-selling author of historical and biographical fiction. Her novels explore a variety of eras (the Italian Renaissance, the American Revolutionary War, WWII, and the Cold War), and are written for a variety of ages. Many of her works have been named NCSS/CBC Notables (National Council of Social Studies and Children’s Book Council), Bank Street College Best Books, Jefferson Cup Honor Books, Kirkus Bests, and Grateful American Book Prize winners. Elliott holds a BA from Wake Forest University and a master’s in journalism from UNC-Chapel Hill. She is a lifelong Virginian and history-lover.</span><br /> <br />
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Insane About Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04682518280063302598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101880188503117248.post-15173413625105286302022-04-01T07:30:00.001-05:002022-04-01T07:30:00.199-05:00COMEUPPANCE SERVED COLD by Marion Deeds Official Blog Tour and Guest Post<p> </p>
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1. <i>The Chosen and the Beautiful</i> by Nghi Vo came out in June, 2021. This
is a magical retelling of <i>The Great Gatsby</i> and so much more. Vo imagines
a completely different interpretation for Fitzgerald’s minor character, Jordan
Baker, and <i>The Chosen and the Beautiful</i> is her story. The magic is
exquisite, and so is the writing.<br />
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2. <i>Dead Silence</i> by S.A. Barnes. This is horror, a haunted-starship
story, brilliantly done. A troubled first-person narrator who may have an
extraordinary ability, or be mentally ill, and her crew board a space luxury
liner that vanished without a trace years ago. What could possibly go wrong?
Our narrator’s self-doubt makes the story even more credible and suspenseful.<br />
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3. <i>The Annual Migration of Clouds</i>, by Premee Mohamad. This sparse
novella tackles so many issues; the consequences of climate change, the social
contract between an individual and a community, coming of age, interaction with
a different species. The story is about Reid, a young woman in a subsistence
community, who is accepted to a mysterious academy. Reid, like her mother and
many others, has been colonized by a fungus that exerts more control over her
nervous system as it grows. Her compound is so self-sufficient, so complete,
that Reid’s leaving creates a hole. Is leaving the right thing? Will the fungus
even let her? Mohamad plays out these issues honestly, elegantly and with
optimism.<br />
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4. <i>The Sentence</i> by Louise Erdrich. At first, this seems like a story
about a haunted bookstore, and it is—at least, Tookie, who is a bookseller in a
bookstore run by a well-known writer named Louise, is being haunted. About a
third of the way through the story, things change, as Erdrich takes us through
the Black Lives Matter movement and the first months of the pandemic. She never
forgets the ghost, or Tookie and her family.<br />
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5. <i>Siren Queen</i>, by Nghi Vo, which comes out in May, 2022. <i>Siren Queen</i>
is set in the 1930s, in Hollywood, in the same world as <i>The Chosen and the
Beautiful</i> or at least one very much like it. Luli Wei is a Chinese American
girl enthralled by movies, who wants to be a star, and she faces racism and
misogyny in her journey. Magic fills this world and definitely fills the world
of movies, but the corrupt studio system, with its control and exploitation of
talent, looks the same as in our world, at least at first. The characters and the
prose are beautiful and the movies are wonderful.<br />
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6. <i>Inheritors of Power</i> by Juliette Wade. This is the third book in
Wade’s The Broken Trust series. It came out this year, but you must read the
two previous books. This is pure science fiction, following a society who long
ago colonized another planet. Wade is studying systems, how they function and
how they fail. Specifically, the nation of Varin uses a rigid caste system. The
caste system is failing society, and the response of the power elite is to “double
down” on some already bad decisions. What happens when power is concentrated
rather than decentralized? It sounds academic, but we view these questions
through the lens of one or two families, and those relationships are intense
and complicated. The world of Varin is exquisitely imagined.<br />
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7. <i>Revelator</i> is Daryl Gregory’s
gothic horror novel, set in the 1940s in what is now the Great Smokey National
Park. Stella is a successful moonshiner, determined never to go back to the
rural home she fled when she was a child. Stella is part of a family with a
strange heritage. When her grandmother dies, she has to go back and face what
she fled. Side by side with terrifying and strange images of the God in the
Mountain are expertly written scenes of Stella and her partner mixing up the
latest batch of ‘shine. Gregory captures the speech rhythm of the time and
place, there’s plenty of action, and a creepy, powerful, terrifying thing
living in the mountain.<br />
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8. <i>Bacchanal</i> by Veronica G. Henry. <i>Bacchana</i>l is a battle of
powers, set in a Black traveling carnival in USA in the 1940s and 50s. The
magical characters in the carnival are drawn from African folklore. The writing
is beautiful, the characters intriguing and distinctive, and the time period
perfectly evoked.<br />
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9. <i>The Liar’s Knot</i> by M. A. Carrick. This is the second book in the Rook
and Rose series. M.A. Carrick is the pen-name of Marie Brennan (the Lady Trent
series) and Alyc Helms (the Dragons of Heaven series). Book Two delivers on the
promise of the first book, <i>The Mask of Mirrors</i>, as it follows wily young
con artist Ren, her sister Tess and a host of characters in the magical city of
Nedežra. If you love crime lords, decadent aristocrats, masked vigilantes, con
artists, complicated loyalties, sharp banter, magic and fashion, this series is
for you.<br />
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10. <i>Grave Reservations</i> by Cherie Priest. Leda Foley is a psychic and a
travel agent in Seattle. When she intervenes psychically (by changing his
flight plans) and saves the life of a police detective Grady Merritt, she comes
to his attention as someone he can use to solve a case. Priest always has
interesting characters, a gripping premise, and brilliant settings. This book
had all of those things and it made me laugh out loud.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Tonya Bolden</span></b><span style="color: #999999;"> is a critically acclaimed award-winning author and recipient of the Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C.'s Nonfiction Award. She has authored and edited more than 40 books, including <i>Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl </i>(Coretta Scott King Honor book), <i>M.L.K.: Journey of a King </i>(NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children), and <i>George Washington Carver </i>(Virginia Library Association Jefferson Cup Award and Cleveland Public Library Sugarman Award). Acclaimed for her "skilled storytelling," "lively text," and "impeccably-researched" topics, Bolden has received numerous starred reviews from <i>Kirkus </i>and<i> School Library Journal</i>. Bolden, who loved reading and writing as a child, earned her bachelor's degree from Princeton University and a master's degree from Columbia University. She lives in New York City. </span><br />
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-right: 32.85pt;"><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Sophie</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">scooted</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">back</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">off</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">edge</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">her</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">seat</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">sat</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">up</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">bone</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">straight.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>She didn’t speak immediately, and I was
happy to wait. I charged by<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>the hour
for certain charms and rituals, after all. My schedule for that<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">day—and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">next,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">for</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">that</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">matter—was</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">clear</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">as</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">saint’s</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">conscience.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">So</span>
I let Sophie sit there and fill the easy silence, fiddling with her thumb<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>ring<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>long<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>she<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>wanted.<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>She<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>pulled<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>off,<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>then<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>on,<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>then<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>off<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>once<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>more<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>before she set it on the table.</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: .25pt;">Finally, she met
my eyes. I was surprised by the intensity of this<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>little wisp of a girl’s gaze. “I need a poppet, a spirit doll,”
she said and<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span>then<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>added, “I think.”</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 32.85pt; margin-top: .15pt;"><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Another</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">lovesick</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">child.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">A</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">young</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>woman<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>wearing<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>pitiful<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>expres-<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;">
</span>sion Sophie wore always meant a love spell. I withheld the sigh that<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>wanted badly to escape my throat. “Tell me
what you’re looking for,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>I’ll<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>tell
you<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>if<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>you need<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>poppet or<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>something<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>else.”</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 32.8pt; margin-top: .15pt;">Sophie<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>looked<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>around<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>room,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>got<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>distinct<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>impression<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>she<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>trying<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>decide<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>how<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>much<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>story<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>tell<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>me.<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>“This<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>room<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>feels, I don’t know . . .” She rubbed
her hands up and down her arms.<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span>“Spiritual.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>can<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>feel<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>it
more<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>here<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>than<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>. .<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>.”</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 32.8pt; margin-top: .15pt;">She<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>didn’t<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;">
</span>finish<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>sentence.<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>More<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>spiritual<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>than<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>shop<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>down-<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">stairs</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">from</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">where</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">she</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">lived,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">perhaps?</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Was</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">that</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">why</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">she’d</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">chosen</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">come</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 32.0pt; margin-right: 5.85pt; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-indent: 0in;">to
me? I guessed if the boyfriend or husband lived there, too, it might<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>been
a little too close to home.</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 32.0pt; margin-right: 5.85pt; margin-top: .1pt;"><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">“It’s</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">my</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">boyfriend.”</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">She</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">placed</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">her</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">hands</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">flat</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">on</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">tablecloth.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Her</span><span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>short nails were painted a bright red.
Sophie was a study in contrasts.<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>“I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>need<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>him<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>love<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>me.<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>To<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>stay with<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>me.”</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 32.0pt; margin-right: 5.85pt; margin-top: .1pt;">The<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>college<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
</span>degree<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>crammed<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>box<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>back<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>closet<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
</span>pro-<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>claimed<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>me<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>expert<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>marketing,<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>but<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>clientele<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>seasoned<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>psychotherapist,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>training be damned.</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 32.0pt; margin-right: 5.75pt; margin-top: .1pt;"><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">“‘Need’</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">is</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">strong</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">word.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Since</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">you’re</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">here,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">I’m</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">guessing</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">something</span><span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>has happened that has given you the
inclination that your feelings for<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">him</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">aren’t</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">mutual.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Sometimes,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">endings</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">are</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">just</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">beginning</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">you</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">need.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>Toying with the natural order of things
can have unexpected conse-<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>quences.<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>You<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>sure<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>that’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
</span>what<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>want?”</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 32.0pt; margin-right: 5.85pt; margin-top: .2pt; text-indent: 14.0pt;">Typically,<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>point,<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>there<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>would<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>tears.<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>Some<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>denials.<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>fit<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span>tantrum.<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>Sophie<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;">
</span>Thibault<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>smiled.<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>wicked<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>sight,<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;">
</span>more<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>tooth<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>baring<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">than</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">anything.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">And</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">goddess</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">Erzulie</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">roiled,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">tugging</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">at</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">water</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">my</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> body,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">turning</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">it</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">ice</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">cold.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">She</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">didn’t</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">trust</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">girl.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Goose</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">bumps</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">erupted</span><span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">along</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">my</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">arms.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">I</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">needed</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">sweater,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">maybe</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">pair</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">gloves,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">but</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">didn’t</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">dare</span><span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">get</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">up</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">middle</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">consultation.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">That</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">would’ve</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">been</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">untoward.</span>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 32.0pt; margin-right: 5.85pt; margin-top: .2pt; text-indent: 14.0pt;">“Men don’t know what they want.” Sophie suddenly sounded twenty years
older. And people said <i>I </i>had an old
soul. “We have to show them. Guide them. Only problem is, other women always
get in the way of the work you’re trying to put in.”</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 32.0pt; margin-right: 5.85pt; margin-top: 1.0pt;">I didn’t point
out that I, too, was a woman. Or that perhaps the<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>other<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>woman<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>who<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>interfering<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>boyfriend<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>may<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>had<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>same thoughts about her. But that other
woman wasn’t paying for the<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">andouille sausage that would go into tonight’s
jambalaya. “The question</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>ask<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>yourself,”<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>said,<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>“is<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>if<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>man<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>wants<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>somewhere<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span>else,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
</span>do you truly want to compel him—”</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 50.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .25pt; text-indent: 0in;">“Yes,”<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>Sophie<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;">
</span>said<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>without<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>hesitation.</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 32.0pt; margin-right: 5.75pt; margin-top: 1.0pt;">“You have to
consider how you’ll feel.” Little Sophie was going to<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span>get<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>speech<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;">
</span>whether<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>she<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>wanted<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;">
</span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>not.<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>“Compelling<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>man<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>stay</p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 32.85pt; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">with</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">you</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">sounds</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">good</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">until</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">you</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>realize<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;">
</span>that<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>without<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>compulsion,<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span>might
be somewhere else. I’ve got to tell you that many of my clients<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>feel<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>isn’t<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>worth<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;">
</span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>end.<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>As<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>long<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>you’re<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>paying<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;">
</span>me,<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span>the right to
give you my advice. Far as I’m concerned, sitting in that<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>chair,<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>you’ve<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>already<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
</span>solicited<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>it.<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>And<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>if<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>want<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>advice,<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>I’d<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>say<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>let<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>man move on<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>if he wants.”</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 32.85pt; margin-top: .25pt;">Sophie studied
her nails, then thrummed her fingers against the<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>table. She’d still have to pay my consultation fee, even without
the<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>poppet. That would at least get
me some whitefish. When she finally<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>answered,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>wasn’t
surprised.</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 23.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .15pt; text-indent: 0in;">“What do I<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>need for<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">
</span>the poppet?”</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 32.85pt; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">“The</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Law</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Contact</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">dictates</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">that</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">we</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">need</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">something</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>connected<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>boyfriend.<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>construct<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>poppet<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>simple<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>fabric.”<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;">
</span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>indicated<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>the bales of cloth that I used for such
things poking out of a basket in<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">corner.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">“That</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">is,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">if</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">you</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">want</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">me</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">construct</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">it</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">from</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">scratch.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>Or<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span>can<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>buy<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>one<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>premade<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>can<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>fill<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>later.”</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: .2pt;">Sophie’s eyes
traveled to the wall on her right that held rows of<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>premade poppets. She turned back to me and shook her head. “No,
I<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>want<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>to have one<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>made
from scratch.”</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 32.85pt; margin-top: .15pt;"><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Smart</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">girl.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">“We’ll</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">make</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">follow-up</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">appointment.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">I</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">need</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">personal</span><span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">article</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">from</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">your</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">boyfriend.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">Hair,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">nail</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">clipping,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">or</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">something</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">like</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">that.”</span><span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 32.85pt; margin-top: .15pt;">Sophie<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>tilted<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;">
</span>her<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>head<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>watched<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>me<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>moment.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>Had<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span>she<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">changed</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">her</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">mind?</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Then</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">she</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">pulled</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">her</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">purse</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">over</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">her</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>head,<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>rummaged<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span>around<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;">
</span>inside,<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>removed<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;">
</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span>small<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>silken<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>pouch.<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>She<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>pushed<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>over</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: .2pt; text-indent: 0in;">toward<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>me<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>tip<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>index<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>finger.<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>She’d<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>already<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>known.</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 32.85pt; margin-top: 1.0pt;">I undid the tie
and looked inside. A few strands of straight blond<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>hair sat nestled atop a pile of dirt. My heart raced, but
outwardly I<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>remained<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>calm.<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>What
type of spell was this girl hoping<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>for?</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 23.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .15pt; text-indent: 0in;">“The<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>dirt?”<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
</span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>asked<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>see<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>if<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>she’d<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>tell<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>me.</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.0pt; margin-right: 32.85pt; margin-top: 1.0pt;">“It’s from his plant.
It’s about the only thing he tends to in the<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">
</span>apartment.<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>He<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>loves<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>plant<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>more<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>than<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>me.<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>Waters<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>it,<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>clips<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>back<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>leaves,<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>even<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>sings<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>when<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>plays<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>guitar.<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>Figured<span style="letter-spacing: .8pt;"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>needed</p>
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personal, and for him, it doesn’t get much more personal<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>than<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>his snake
plant.”</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 32.0pt; margin-right: 5.85pt; margin-top: .1pt;">From a plant,
huh? I didn’t voice my suspicion that she wanted<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>something more nefarious. Hell, maybe I shouldn’t have even been<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>suspicious.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>“You want<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>to wait<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>or come back?”</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 50.0pt; text-indent: 0in;">Sophie<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>slipped<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>phone<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>purse.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>“I’ll<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>wait.”</p>
<p align="left" class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .45pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 26pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-font-width: 159%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro";">O</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .4pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 32.0pt; margin-right: 5.85pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">That there was more to this girl than met the eye
was a given. That it was</span><span style="letter-spacing: -2.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">none</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">my</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">business</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">allowed</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">me</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">cast</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">thought</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">out</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">my</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">mind</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span>focus<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>work.<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>took<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>emerald-green<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>fabric<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;">
</span>Sophie<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>had<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>selected,<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;">
</span>retreated<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>workspace,<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>drew<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>blue<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>curtain<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;">
</span>behind<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>me.</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 32.0pt; margin-right: 5.7pt; margin-top: .2pt;">Poppets<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>could<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>run<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>gamut<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>straightforward<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>convoluted.<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>The variety my new client needed fell on
the relatively simple end of<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>spectrum.<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;">
</span>Everything<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>began<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>initial<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;">
</span>construction.<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>Some<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">priesthood</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">used</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">wax,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">or</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">clay.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Unless</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">specifically</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">requested,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">however,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>preferred
the natural<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>feel of a hardy<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>quilting fabric.</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 32.0pt; margin-right: 5.9pt; margin-top: .2pt;">I premade poppet
husks in what could only be called a vaguely<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">
</span>human shape: a head and torso, two arms and two legs. I stitched the<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>two halves together, leaving one side open
so that the doll could be<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>customized<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>according to need.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 32.0pt; margin-right: 5.8pt; margin-top: .15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in;">Next came the stuffing. My go-to was Spanish moss, but
cotton<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>would do in a pinch. In a
small glass bowl, I tossed in ground Adam<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>and
Eve root, a teaspoon or so of crushed rose petal, and a pinch of<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">sugar.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">After</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">mixing</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">this</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">up</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">with</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">my</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">fingers,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">I</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">added</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">hair</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">that</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Sophie</span><span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>had<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>given<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>me.<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>left<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>out<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>dirt.<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>Could<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>been<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>grave<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>all<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">knew.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">As</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">I</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">sprinkled</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">mixture</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">onto</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">moss,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">I</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">searched</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>mind<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>just<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>right<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>psalm<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>whispered<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>words:<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><i>For<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>director<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>music.<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">With</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">stringed</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">instruments.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">A</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>psalm.<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;">
</span>A<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>song.<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>May<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>God<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>gracious<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>us<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -2.6pt;"> </span>bless
us and make his face shine on us.<o:p></o:p></i></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIobsNvuIj56YvTYVDNPeL1CabFBRCvEMLfGz73xqY4p345Nhf5O6j1-4-3KvEF6rpdMOS5p4s7Rykpo61icw6jmAYGWGNSp35oQZzC3mWdj1mtUnX6gDZZ0ti3XBWwK4uHv1d_vJmaDnBfnieRB4bhCXZNuW7Olb8KbdY9SoxsClH5DabK8uun7uWGw=w640-h312" /><div><div><span style="color: #999999;"><b><br />Publisher : <a href="https://amzn.to/3IpG4Qp" target="_blank">National Geographic Kids</a> (January 11, 2022)<br />Language : English<br />Hardcover : 64 pages<br />ISBN-10 : 1426371950<br />ISBN-13 : 978-1426371950</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999;"><b><br /></b></span></div><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Praise for PIRATE QUEENS</span></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"For readers who want more herstory in history." —</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Booklist</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"...an ethnically inclusive selection of real-life women who commanded ships, wielded cutlasses, and struck fear into the hearts of others." —</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Publishers Weekly</span></i></b><div><span style="color: #999999;"><b><br /></b></span>
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From Ching Shih, a Chinese pirate who presided over a fleet comprised of some 80,000 men (Blackbeard had 400!), to Anne Bonny who famously ran away from an arranged marriage to don trousers and brandish a pistol in the Bahamas, to Sayyida al Hurra, an Islamic queen who ruled the Western Mediterranean, this edgy illustrated book proves that since ancient times women have made their mark in all aspects of history—even pirate lore.<br /><br />Reviewed by some of the world’s leading pirate experts and historians, Pirate Queens showcases six gutsy women who dared to rule the high seas.<br /> <br /></span><div><div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Leigh Lewis</span></b><span style="color: #999999;"> is a children's writer whose middle-grade debut, <i>Pirate Queens: Dauntless Women Who Dared to Rule the High Seas</i> (National Geographic Kids), spotlights six fierce female pirates, telling each of their stories in verse. Leigh’s adventures on the high seas have enabled her to call many places home, including Turkey, Greece, England, Japan and Russia, and she eventually navigated her way back to her hometown of Columbus, Ohio. Leigh spends her time there dreaming up stories for kids of all ages, buoyed by an amazing crew—her Turkish delight of a husband and their three swashbuckling daughters.</span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/leighwriting/" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/leighwriting" target="_blank">TWITTER</a> | <a href="https://www.leighlewisbooks.com/" target="_blank">WEBSITE</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18817753.Leigh_Lewis" target="_blank">GOODREADS</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Sara Gómez Woolley</span></b><span style="color: #999999;"> is an award-winning Latina illustrator, graphic novelist, and educator living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Her children’s book </span><i style="color: #999999;">Charlotte and the Quiet Place</i><span style="color: #999999;"> received a </span><i style="color: #999999;">Foreword Reviews </i><span style="color: #999999;">INDIES Book of the Year Gold Medal and an IPPY Award Silver Medal, and has been featured in </span><i style="color: #999999;">Creative Quarterly: Journal of Art and Design</i><span style="color: #999999;">.</span>
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<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtNrkJ2UmI6twwmLJbOA8sBNusOFX2X5fRmer22cXUgKXLCuaQHJUQly0wsH6EbzR0Dxm5P2u3Qe1RVEftZjIHr8ktX63B42bG2GU__Do9shTzMIPnf8eFLQpGwhaCI5nxeLPExDK6H6ptrCtuNpG4pRSPJ6KUA5xlHL-LcUZnAwW0wXBSoopcW1c58Q=w640-h312" /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="color: #999999;">Publisher : Pegasus Books (March 1, 2022)<br />Language : English<br />Hardcover : 336 pages<br />ISBN-10 : 1643139304<br />ISBN-13 : 978-1643139302</span></b><div><span style="color: #999999;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Praise for THE MYTH OF SURRENDER</span></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“McNees has written a powerful, cinematic, and very beautiful novel about the miracles and catastrophes of motherhood. The women who inhabit this story are all so gloriously alive! Humane, compelling, sharp, and sensitive, The Myth of Surrender will stay with me for a very long time.” —</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Amy Dickinson</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, “Ask Amy” advice columnist, </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">New York Times </span></i></b><span style="color: #999999;">bestselling author of</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;"> The Mighty Queens of Freeville</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“A brave and important book. McNees’s literary acumen is on full display in this beautiful, deeply affecting novel. She explores what it meant to be unwed and pregnant in mid-century America with sensitivity, erudition, and first-rate storytelling. Impossible to put down, this is a spell-binding tale of deceit, abuse, and ultimately, reclamation.” ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Lori Nelson Spielman, <i>New York Times</i></span></b><i style="color: #999999;"> </i><span style="color: #999999;">Bestselling Author of </span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><i>The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany</i></span></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"Both an illumination of the past and an indictment of the present, The Myth of Surrender is McNees at her best—giving voice to women who could not speak for themselves.” —</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Eleanor Brown, <i>New York Times</i></span></b><i style="color: #999999;"> </i><span style="color: #999999;">bestselling author of </span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">THE WEIRD SISTERS</span></b><span style="color: #999999;"> and </span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">THE LIGHT IN PARIS</span></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“A timely and powerful tale of motherhood, loss, and second chances. Kelly O’Connor McNees’s unforgettable novel illuminates an era that all too many people tried to forget. The scars are there—brava to McNees for also revealing the beauty.” —</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Siobhan Fallon</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, author of </span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">YOU KNOW WHEN THE MEN ARE GONE </span></b><span style="color: #999999;">and </span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">THE CONFUSION OF LANGUAGES</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMxsXXXukjsmOe6gv0vZ7vAL5qoc5Lla2Xuw_bocYnaeomsp2OD-k7ImMvzFyaqmz_EUcqcsAzSIcaBj9LnR_NiOtWtMTw5gkH_uxrERq9hmiiPMC3p_XNGwv9CqNDQVoFF0IDqxMFB_gqswUGlsUG5W6yWS0_2QhYwCN_uVIcp5xDFRP1RgPXpZd-fA=s620" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMxsXXXukjsmOe6gv0vZ7vAL5qoc5Lla2Xuw_bocYnaeomsp2OD-k7ImMvzFyaqmz_EUcqcsAzSIcaBj9LnR_NiOtWtMTw5gkH_uxrERq9hmiiPMC3p_XNGwv9CqNDQVoFF0IDqxMFB_gqswUGlsUG5W6yWS0_2QhYwCN_uVIcp5xDFRP1RgPXpZd-fA=s16000" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #999999;">What if the most important decision of your life was not yours to make? This vivid and powerful novel follows two women whose paths intersect at a maternity home in the "Baby Scoop Era."<br /><br />In 1960, free-spirited Doreen is a recent high-school grad and waitress in a Chicago diner. She doesn't know Margie, sixteen and bookish, who lives a sheltered suburban life, but they soon meet when unplanned pregnancies send them to the Holy Family Home for the Wayward in rural Illinois. Assigned as roommates because their due dates line up, Margie and Doreen navigate Holy Family’s culture of secrecy and shame and become fast friends as the weight of their coming decision — to keep or surrender their babies — becomes clear.<br /><br />Except, they soon realize, the decision has already been made for them. Holy Family, like many of the maternity homes where 1.5 million women “relinquished” their babies in what is now known as the Baby Scoop Era, is not interested in what the birth mothers want. In its zeal to make the babies “legitimate” in closed adoptions, Holy Family manipulates and bullies birth mothers, often coercing them to sign away their parental rights while still under the effects of anesthesia.<br /><br />What happens next, as their babies are born and they leave Holy Family behind, will force each woman to confront the depths and limits of motherhood and friendship, and fight to reclaim control over their own lives.<br /><br />Written by the acclaimed author of The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott and Undiscovered Country, The Myth of Surrender explores a hidden chapter of American history that still reverberates across the lives of millions of women and their children.</span><div>
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<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibvH_vf2Xsbe-wPY-gT3o-ydTJmS-0Hty8eORk10fv4eeu8_9PZ5LrSrF-NssVF2-KS-nEzkfJDJU0o-dH_aX4BwjYegJFlfdkg5-FnfaGK25yG6igc4uPkC4NGPLZh6naizfApOeD9952VYkSy_EhZuA5x4x7zlJgCfjU5_RI9HKA6bTcbIcmTIIKiw=w640-h312" /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="color: #999999;">Publisher : <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250819997/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=jamesval-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=6ebf098f404a0082f630a918ab19bd4d&creativeASIN=1250819997" target="_blank">Tor Nightfire</a> (February 8, 2022)<br />Language : English<br />Hardcover : 352 pages<br />ISBN-10 : 1250819997<br />ISBN-13 : 978-1250819994</span></b><div><span style="color: #999999;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Praise for DEAD SILENCE</span><br /></b><div><span style="color: #999999;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999;">"This story slides and slithers from creepy and atmospheric to skin-crawling, edge-of-your-seat terror." ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">T. Kingfisher</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, author of </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">The Hollow Places</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"At the intersection of science fiction and horror, Dead Silence is the ultimate haunted house story." ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Alma Katsu</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, author of </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">The Deep</span></i></b><span style="color: #999999;"> and </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">The Hunger</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“Horror belongs in space.” ―</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Locus</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“Dead Silence gives you the suffocating claustrophobia of 2001: A Space Odyssey mixed with the horrors of Alien. I couldn't stop reading.” ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Mur Lafferty</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, Hugo Award-Winning author of</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;"> Six Wakes</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"Barnes ably conjures the kind of haunting setting and atmosphere required for this Event Horizon-esque novel, providing an effective sense of immediacy to Claire's frequently shifting and at times tenuous grip on reality. Recommended for fans of claustrophobic space horror." ―</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Booklist</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“I ate this book in one sitting because I was in the mood to be freaked out and it delivered tremendously. Truly un-put-downable in its purest sense.” ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Chloe Gong</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, #1</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;"> New York Times</span></i></b><span style="color: #999999;"> bestselling author of </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">These Violent Delights</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"Creepy and satisfying; I'll be checking under my bed tonight." ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Sarah Pinsker</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, author of the Nebula Award winning </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">A Song For A New Day</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“With a compelling haunted-house-in-space frame, excellent worldbuilding, vivid imagery, biting social commentary, sustained tension, and a storytelling style that seamlessly moves between the mortal danger of the present and Kovalik's unsettling past, this sf-horror blend will resonate loudly with readers.” ―</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Library Journal</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“Dead Silence mixes horror, mystery and sci-fi into a thrill ride sure to shock you out of your reading rut. ...a claustrophobic race against time as the ship’s horrors begin to affect the crew one by one. Dread slowly builds as small, frightening moments inside the Aurora multiply, showcasing Barnes’ patient plotting and steady pacing. This is one of those time-warp books―the ones where you look away from the clock, then look back and it’s suddenly way past your bedtime.” ―</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">BookPage</span></i></b><span style="color: #999999;">, Starred Review</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"The richly realized world that S.A. Barnes creates draws us in, and the relatable characters charm us. The dread mounts to a powerful conclusion." ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">David Wellington</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, author of </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">The Last Astronaut</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"Stomach-turning, sinister space horror perfect for fans of Alien and Event Horizon." ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Kendare Blake</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, #1 </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">New York Times</span></i></b><span style="color: #999999;"> bestselling author</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"I've always considered Alien the high mark of sci-fi horror. No longer. Dead Silence leaves it in the dust." ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Lisa Shearin</span></b><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">, <i>New York Times</i></span></b><span style="color: #999999;"> bestselling author</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"Dead Silence will keep you awake at night....Expertly paced, this novel is full of old ghosts in every way possible, and will haunt you long after the last page." ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Laurie Faria Stolarz</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, author of </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Jane Anonymous</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"I was turning pages long into the night, and the bags under my eyes are well worth it!" ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Rachel Vincent, <i>New York Times</i></span></b><span style="color: #999999;"> bestselling author of Red Wolf</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"Compulsive reading at its best. A sci-fi horror so expertly delivered you'll be peeking through your fingers until the last page!" ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Melissa Landers</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, author of the </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Alienated </span></i></b><span style="color: #999999;">and </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Starflight</span></i></b><span style="color: #999999;"> series</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“Barnes plays nicely on human fears of both madness and of ghosts, carefully blurring the line between science fiction and horror... Those with a taste for blending genres will enjoy this combo.” ―</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Publishers Weekly</span></i></b>
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<b><span style="color: #cccccc;">S.A. BARNES</span></b><span style="color: #999999;"> works in a high school library by day, recommending reads, talking with students, and removing the occasional forgotten cheese stick as bookmark. Barnes has published numerous novels across different genres under the pen name Stacey Kade. She lives in Illinois with more dogs and books than is advisable and a very patient husband.</span><br />
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<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYGnGatpPKCU1vOkzPAEh91vz1dbOt4Vuf9oU6pAd8VsE-0f3_0_m0EvEDWhAJLwwR7PERqc_SvWgMkA4BmDiZNkHiyVvZYFBIfLwNSN31h8w5ELK06j2Acq4XSdiJULEcSh3eSBl0OhUuKSURd7Klteqf49At7dKVJMl2nwoW68Ds2TTbgwHVaWQ5fg=w640-h312" /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="color: #999999;">Publisher : <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1643138871/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=jamesval-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=be704b2f9ed6a821f79a0b24035f4c2a&creativeASIN=1643138871" target="_blank">Pegasus Books</a> (January 4, 2022)<br />Language : English<br />Hardcover : 352 pages<br />ISBN-10 : 1643138871<br />ISBN-13 : 978-1643138879</span></b><div><span style="color: #999999;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Praise for LUCKENBOOTH</span><br /></b><div><span style="color: #999999;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999;">“[Luckenbooth] is a cabinet of curiosities that is both a love letter to the Scottish capital, and a knife to its throat. The sparking nervous system of the book is its characters, all broken, all reassembled in their own ways, like Kintsugi, the Japanese process of highlighting cracks by mending them with gold...Despite its darkness, the novel is carried by jagged delight and optimism, a bright hope coming through the walls and a fundamental belief in people. Filled with blistering social critique, Luckenbooth is an ambitious and ravishing novel that will haunt me long after.” —</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Lauren Beukes ― <i>The New York Times</i></span></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“Luckenbooth is a deliciously weird gothic horror. Fagan once again examines the way people are affected by unhealthy spaces. Having survived the state care system that bounced her among dozens of homes, she writes about placement and displacement with an arresting mix of insight and passion. ‘No. 10 Luckenbooth,’ Fagan writes, ‘has some kind of purple memory vibrating through it like an endless hum.’ But it’s not so much a hum as a muffled scream—with a feral melody and a thundering bass line. Her prose has never been more cinematic. This story’s inexorable acceleration and its crafty use of suggestion and elision demonstrate the special effects that the best writers can brew up without a single line of Hollywood software—just paper, ink and ghosts." —</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Ron Charles ―<i> The Washington Post</i></span></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"In this inventive, experimental novel, Jenni Fagan traces a century in one Edinburgh tenement building and the lives of its occupants. When an unholy union forms between a childless government minister, his wife, and their fertile young maid — who happens to be the Devil’s own daughter — the building they live in is cursed for decades, affecting residents for generations." —</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Bustle</span></i></b><span style="color: #999999;"> ― Most Anticipated Books Of January 2022</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"Fagan pulls out all the stops, looking evil straight in the eye and working the numerous components of this ambitious tale into a cohesive whole. " —</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">The Washington Independent Review of Books</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"In Jenni Fagan’s stunning new novel, an apartment building at 10 Luckenbooth Close in Edinburough first is scene to a terrible crime, then witness to all the blazing currents of the 20th century, moving on to explore visions of alternative history and future dystopias. Perfect for those who liked Things in Jars by Jess Kidd." —</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Molly Odintz</span></b><span style="color: #999999;"> ― CrimeReads, Most Anticipated Crime Fiction of 2022</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"The interwoven lives of the tenants of No. 10 Luckenbooth Close, a tenement in the heart of Edinburgh, drive this outstanding novel from Fagan (The Panopticon), set over the course of the 20th century. All the tenants’ stories enchant as the action builds to a satisfying conclusion. This highly original novel with its fairy tale quality will appeal to fantasy fans as well." —</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Publishers Weekly</span></i></b><span style="color: #999999;">, Starred Review</span>
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H2Uq-rsJ0eQ/Wm79dTcXKtI/AAAAAAAAtc4/Zr8AQnF-vZIyoJs7c21HGbYptBjdsbq0ACLcBGAs/s1600/00.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="20" data-original-width="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H2Uq-rsJ0eQ/Wm79dTcXKtI/AAAAAAAAtc4/Zr8AQnF-vZIyoJs7c21HGbYptBjdsbq0ACLcBGAs/s1600/00.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="paragraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ten
characteristics of a great friend</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">They
listen.</span></i></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">They
are funny.</span></i></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">You
can be totally yourself with them.</span></i></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">They
hate people that have hurt you more than you do.</span></i></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">You
would drive across the country to help them because they make your heart glad.</span></i></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">They’ll
call you out if you need it on something.</span></i></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">You
want to sit on a porch with them when you are old doing nothing much but
chatting and being glad to still know them.</span></i></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">They
take joy in what you achieve, or those moments you want to share with them that
are good.</span></i></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">They’d
never sell you out, for anything.</span></i></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white;"><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Seeing
them makes you happy.</span></i></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraphCxSpLast" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeIV2frXTMYzXndnPtEH2T4btunn3Tcd3OKHtiTurSI7_Kon2hxT_DrG1k3Y4O7nEd2qcmuPKRzbXgqU0e5JcYq1cmUP_snY3BKtOAXegTKHJUNgl5UUfw2mbUE76VAJy4ClFepMiwQMevS54WxQv5L_aR5w894ZEPWDiClQ_48vY0eDmYFyLAEA_XLA=w640-h312" /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="color: #999999;">Publisher : Starscape (March 1, 2022)<br />Language : English<br />Hardcover : 336 pages<br />ISBN-10 : 1250208262<br />ISBN-13 : 978-1250208262</span></b><div><span style="color: #999999;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Praise for KELCIE MURPHY AND THE ACADEMY FOR THE UNBREAKABLE ARTS<br /></span></b><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“Be prepared, it will be hard to take a break from Erika Lewis’s The Academy for the Unbreakable Arts. The action leaps off the page, rich in ancient Celtic mythology and taut with emotion, with characters who are flawed, human, and awesomely gifted. Middle-grade readers with a thirst for high adventure with all the feels, in the tradition of J. K. Rowling, Tamora Pierce, and Lloyd Alexander, have reason to rejoice.” ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Peter Lerangis, <i>New York Times</i></span></b><span style="color: #999999;"> bestselling author of </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">The Seven Wonders</span></i></b><span style="color: #999999;"> series</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“You’ll be on the edge of your seat while reading, and while waiting for more to come in this rich and engaging world. Perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and the Harry Potter series.” ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Janet Fox</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, award-winning author of </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“Fast-paced and oh-so-fun, this exciting story celebrates the importance of friendship and the power of kids’ choices. I couldn’t put it down!” ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Alyssa Colman</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, author of </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">The Gilded Girl</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“With vivid world-building and a marvelous blend of mythology and magic, Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts is a rip-roaring ride pulsing with the heart of its fierce and tenacious heroine! The opening installment of this epic new fantasy series will leave readers clamoring for more.” ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Alysa Wishingrad</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, author of</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;"> The Verdigris Pawn</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“Move over Hogwarts, there’s a spellbinding new school in town. Enroll yourself for myth, mystery and magic. Not to be missed!”―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Cavan Scott, <i>New York Times</i></span></b><span style="color: #999999;"> bestselling author of</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;"> Star Wars: The Rising Storm</span></i></b>
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<h2 style="margin-right: 54.8pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 55%;">KIDNAPPED!</span></h2><h2 style="margin-right: 54.8pt;">Pt. 1</h2></div><div class="WordSection1"><span style="color: #231f20;">There</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">were</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">no</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">seismic</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">
</span><span style="color: #231f20;">quakes,</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">horrendous</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">storms,</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;">
</span><span style="color: #231f20;">nothing suspicious</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">at</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -0.95pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: 0.2pt;">all</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -0.95pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">to</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">warn</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -0.95pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">Kelcie</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -0.95pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">Murphy</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1pt;">
</span><span style="color: #231f20;">that</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -0.95pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">she</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -0.95pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">was</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">about
to</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">unleash</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">the</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">greatest</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">evil</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">the</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">world</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">has</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">ever</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">known.</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1.2pt;">
</span><span style="color: #231f20;">Only</span><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 13.55pt; margin-left: 37.45pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #231f20;">a field trip to the Boston Museum of Fine
Arts.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 101%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 37.45pt; margin-right: 92.85pt; margin-top: .25pt; text-indent: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 95%;">She’d been suddenly moved
back to Boston last week, to<span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span>a
group<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>home<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -1.45pt;"> </span>miserable<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.45pt;"> </span>last<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;">
</span>nine,<span style="letter-spacing: -1.45pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -1.45pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>first<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>day </span><span style="color: #231f20;">at
yet another new<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>school.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 101%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 37.45pt; margin-right: 92.85pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 90%;">The<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>bus<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>ride<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>filled<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>usual<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>awkward<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>smiles.<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;">
</span>Kelcie </span><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 95%;">did<span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>best<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span>remain<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>invisible,<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>choosing<span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>seat<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>very<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>back, </span><span style="color: #231f20;">and<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">slinking</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>down,<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">
</span>pretending<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>like<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>she<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>asleep.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 13.55pt; margin-left: 49.45pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #231f20;">A slimy spitball struck her nose.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 101%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 37.45pt; margin-right: 92.9pt; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 95%;">The<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>boys<span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span>across<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span>aisle<span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span>laughed,<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>waving<span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">her,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">trying</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>get
</span><span style="color: #231f20;">her<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>attention.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 13.6pt; margin-left: 49.45pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #231f20;">“Hey . . . Red?” one of them called.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 101%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 37.45pt; margin-right: 92.85pt; margin-top: .2pt; text-indent: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 95%;">Kelcie<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>wiped<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>spitball<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;">
</span>off<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>sleeve,<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>hoping<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">they’d </span></span><span style="color: #231f20;">move<span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt;"> </span>someone<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>who<span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt;"> </span>cared,<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>but<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>they<span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt;"> </span>didn’t.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 101%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 37.45pt; margin-right: 92.85pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 90%;">A<span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt;"> </span>wet<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>straw<span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt;"> </span>poked<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>cheek.<span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt;">
</span>“Hey.<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">I’m</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">talking</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>you.<span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt;"> </span>What’s
</span><span style="color: #231f20;">your<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">name?”</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 101%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 37.45pt; margin-right: 92.85pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">“Asher,</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1.45pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">you’re</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1.45pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 95%;">so<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;">
</span>disgusting.”<span style="letter-spacing: -1.45pt;"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;"> </span>girl<span style="letter-spacing: -1.45pt;">
</span>with<span style="letter-spacing: -1.45pt;"> </span>brown<span style="letter-spacing: -1.45pt;"> </span>pigtails<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;"> </span>and </span><span style="color: #231f20;">flower<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>overalls<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>seat<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>front<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>Kelcie<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>glanced<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;">
</span>over<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>her shoulder, rolling her eyes. <span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">From </span>the smirk on her face, Kelcie could<span style="letter-spacing: -1.85pt;"> </span>tell<span style="letter-spacing: -1.85pt;"> </span>she<span style="letter-spacing: -1.85pt;"> </span>didn’t<span style="letter-spacing: -1.85pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">actually</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.85pt;"> </span>find<span style="letter-spacing: -1.85pt;"> </span>him<span style="letter-spacing: -1.85pt;"> </span>disgusting<span style="letter-spacing: -1.85pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.85pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.85pt;"> </span>least.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.8pt;">
</span>She</span></p></div><div class="WordSection2">
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 101%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 103.4pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 95%;">spun<span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;">
</span>around,<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>smiling.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>“Your<span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;">
</span>name’s<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>Kelcie,<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>right?<span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;">
</span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>behind </span><span style="color: #231f20;">you when Mr. Katz
took<span style="letter-spacing: -2.05pt;"> </span>attendance.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 101%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 103.35pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 90%;">Kelcie<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt;"> </span>nodded.<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;">
</span>She<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>pressed<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>sliding<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>sunglasses<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>up<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>nose, leaning<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>back<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>head<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>window,<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>hoping<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>cool </span><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 95%;">glass<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;">
</span>would<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>ease<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>pounding<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">skull.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>Kelcie’s<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">
</span>head<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>hurt, <span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">all</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt;"> </span>time.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt;">
</span>A<span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">dull</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt;"> </span>ache<span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt;"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt;">
</span>never<span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt;"> </span>went<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">away.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt;"> </span>Bright<span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt;">
</span>lights<span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt;"> </span>and </span><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 90%;">stress made it exponentially worse.
Before tests, her eyes<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>always </span><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 95%;">felt<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;">
</span>like<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>they<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>were<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>going<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>pop<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>out<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>their<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;">
</span>sockets.<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">It</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>why she<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;">
</span>never<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>did<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;"> </span>very<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;">
</span>well<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>school.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;">
</span>The<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>pain<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>made<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;">
</span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>hard<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>con-
</span><span style="color: #231f20;">centrate<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">anything</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>but<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>wanting<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;">
</span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>go<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">away.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 101%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 214.25pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 90%;">“Sinusitis,” the first doctor had<span style="letter-spacing: -1.7pt;"> </span>said. </span><span style="color: #231f20;">“Vertigo,”<span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>next<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>diagnosed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 101%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 103.35pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20;">The<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;"> </span>last<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;"> </span>doctor<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;">
</span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;"> </span>different<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;"> </span>kind.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;"> </span>He<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;"> </span>told<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;">
</span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">all </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>head.<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>Basically,<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>she<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>nuts.<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>After<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>that,<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>Kelcie<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>stopped complaining.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 13.55pt; margin-left: 39.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #231f20;">“I’m Jenna. This is Susan.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 39.0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20;">The
blond girl next to Jenna saluted.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 101%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 103.4pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: .1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">“I </span><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 95%;">like your jean jacket. Looks vintage,”
Jenna said,<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>sliding </span><span style="color: #231f20;">into<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>gasp.<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">“And</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>necklace.<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>Can<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>see<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">it?”</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 101%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 103.35pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 95%;">She reached out to touch
Kelcie’s most prized possession. The<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>necklace<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>only<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>thing<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>importance<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>she<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>had<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>her
the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>night<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;"> </span>she<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;"> </span>found.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">It</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;"> </span>nothing<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>special.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;"> </span>simple<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>silver charm,<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>branch<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>tree,<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">
</span>but<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>only<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>link<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>past.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-left: 39.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #231f20;">Kelcie recoiled.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .05pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #231f20;">Nobody </span></i><span style="color: #231f20;">was allowed to touch it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 101%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 103.45pt; margin-top: .3pt; text-indent: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20;">Jenna<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>took<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;">
</span>hint.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>She<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>lowered<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;">
</span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>offending<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>hand,<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;">
</span>giv- ing<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>Kelcie<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;"> </span>unwanted<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;">
</span>sympathetic<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>smile.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;"> </span>“Sorry.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">Um</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">.”</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>she hummed.<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>“Want<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>our<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>buddy<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>group?<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;">We</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>room<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>for one more. Has to be<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>three.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-left: 39.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #231f20;">“No, thanks.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 101%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 27.0pt; margin-right: 103.4pt; margin-top: .2pt; text-indent: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">“Why</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1.05pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">not?”</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -1.0pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 95%;">Susan<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">
</span>asked.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>“Someone<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;"> </span>already<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">
</span>ask<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">you?”</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>Her expression
was one of extreme<span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt;"> </span>disbelief.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 101%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 103.4pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -.15pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">“No.”</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -.5pt; mso-font-width: 90%;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 90%;">Kelcie<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>looked<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>out<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>window<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>piles<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">dirty</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">snow. </span></span><span style="color: #231f20;">“Then<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>why<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">not?”</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>Jenna<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>sounded<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>insulted.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 13.6pt; margin-left: 39.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #231f20;">Kelcie looked back at her. The truth was
that for Kelcie,</span></p></div>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 101%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 37.5pt; margin-right: 92.85pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #231f20; mso-font-width: 95%;">friends<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>never<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>stuck.<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>They<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>found<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>out<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>she<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>foster<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;">
</span>care<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>and lived<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>group<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;">
</span>home,<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>worse,<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;">
</span>their<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>parents<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>did,<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>then<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;">
</span>they blew<span style="letter-spacing: -1.45pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;"> </span>off.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.45pt;">
</span>Said<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;"> </span>crappy<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;"> </span>things<span style="letter-spacing: -1.45pt;">
</span>behind<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -1.45pt;"> </span>back.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;">
</span>That<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;"> </span>hurt<span style="letter-spacing: -1.45pt;"> </span>way </span><span style="color: #231f20;">worse
than not having<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>friends.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-left: 49.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #231f20;">So she lied. “I like being alone.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Praise for CHRISTMAS IN SILVERWOOD</span></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"Romance readers who enjoy Hallmark-style stories of unexpected love will relish the down-home feel and evolving tale of Holly and Nick." —</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Midwest Book Review</span></i></b>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhA0yxKoKbtmWJJV4-5quvykG5bEEBIID7ms80YBBiOLS4DrQ4aAAI___Bmgm6cLXDCCPBA53HRgRiyZcbshfokbUj-TA-TwFuSngGGFeXDFLC7C0rJLqIbWj5ttverWh3sa1PhWfVqnReWieDrA2gUYB8blJr1HDsm_gcorgcGc8eKahMQYinHzR6JWA=s620" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhA0yxKoKbtmWJJV4-5quvykG5bEEBIID7ms80YBBiOLS4DrQ4aAAI___Bmgm6cLXDCCPBA53HRgRiyZcbshfokbUj-TA-TwFuSngGGFeXDFLC7C0rJLqIbWj5ttverWh3sa1PhWfVqnReWieDrA2gUYB8blJr1HDsm_gcorgcGc8eKahMQYinHzR6JWA=s16000" /></a></div><span style="color: #999999;"><br /><b>From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Dorothy Dreyer, comes a beautiful story about the magic of Christmas, the strength of family and friends, and falling in love when you least expect it—all with the help of a team of Alaskan Malamutes. This gorgeous, feel-good Christmas treat is perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber, Jenny Hale, and Sheila Roberts.<br /></b><br />Holly St. Ives is in a rut. Once a celebrated artist making waves in New York City, she finds herself uninspired and unmotivated. Her recent break-up is the last push she needs to spend Christmas alone in the small mountain cabin her father left her in his will—a family getaway she hasn’t visited in years.<br /><br />After a near accident in Silverwood, she meets Nick Mason, whom she learns is responsible for everything in the small town running like clockwork—including the upcoming Christmas festival and the town’s entry in the state-wide tree decorating contest. Holly doesn’t have time for Nick’s beguiling charm or mouth-watering holiday cupcakes, but after meeting his father, she discovers there’s more to the town’s obsession with the contest than meets the eye.<br /><br />Touched by the prospect that the whole town is willing to pitch in for a good cause, Holly feels her Christmas spirit making a comeback. As Nick and his team of Alaskan Malamutes work their way into her heart, Holly may just remember the meaning of the season after all.</span>
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read </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">CHRISTMAS
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<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">1) Christmas! It’s sure
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<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">2) Adorable dogs! This
story is chock full of cute Alaskan Malamutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">3) Holiday-themed
cupcakes. Yum!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">4) Romantic ice skating.
On a moonlit frozen lake!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">5) Found family. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">6) A glorious sleigh!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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arts and crafts. You can feel the delight, right?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">10) An uplifting and
heartwarming festive romance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Insane About Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04682518280063302598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101880188503117248.post-1105421800913957122021-12-12T07:00:00.001-06:002021-12-12T07:00:00.183-06:00TREASURY OF MAGICAL TALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD by Donna Jo Napoli Official Nerd Blast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiePZMuhkFHQ9QX_vWz_L4g0SJRCELDs69awEdx1Plk8vU79z5ZKRXTVZVvXxVYUBCOlw1Z-vOh7HdSko9GGAq4Q5OsuDFJdVwqEofiIWoxKMhSpbLtY1ILIDOSd9vGqrDX9QuUgD4Jzs_y9Xc22y5bmIi6_XZx7tWP_l9pT65NMxWCQREx19_n4llxnA=w640-h312" /><div><div><b><span style="color: #999999;"><br />Publisher : <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1426372485/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=jamesval-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=d1d7c0b0ba91ad109ba67602032b1764&creativeASIN=1426372485" target="_blank">National Geographic Kids</a> (October 26, 2021)<br />Language : English<br />Hardcover : 208 pages<br />ISBN-10 : 1426372485<br />ISBN-13 : 978-1426372483</span></b></div><div><span style="color: #999999;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Praise for TREASURY OF MAGICAL TALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD<br /></span></b><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"...breadth and inclusivity, spanning multiple cultures spread across six continents..." —</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Kirkus</span></i></b>
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<b><span style="color: #cccccc;">DONNA JO NAPOLI </span></b><span style="color: #999999;">is a professor of linguistics and social justice at Swarthmore College, mother of five, grandmother of two, and the author of more than 80 books for children and young adults. While her undergraduate major was mathematics and her graduate work was in linguistics, Napoli has a profound love of mythology, folklore, and fairy tales. Her books have won the Golden Kite, Sydney Taylor, Parents’ Choice Gold, and many other national and state awards, and have been translated into 19 languages. She lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. </span></div><div><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">CHRISTINA BALIT</span></b><span style="color: #999999;"> is a graduate of the Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. An award-winning dramatist and illustrator, she has illustrated over 20 children’s books, including the following titles for National Geographic: <i>Zoo in the Sky, Once Upon a Starry Night, Treasury of Greek Mythology, Treasury of Egyptian Mythology, Treasury of Norse Mythology, Treasury of Bible Stories, </i>and <i>Tales From the Arabian Nights.</i> Balit’s author titles include Escape From Pompeii, Atlantis: The Legend of the Lost City, and An Arabian Home. Her plays include <i>Woman With Upturned Skirt, The Sentence</i>, and <i>Needle </i>(winner of the Brave New Role award). She lives in England.</span>
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SQUAD 2: NEWSTON'S FLAW by Valerie Tripp Official Nerd Blast.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheuFMVYp_CAdsJlEv0TXtKCHpp0D8J-JB22YOhvaddgh__UO-WyLbVwGQc1ZxWSRpKm3AgnmiOkMt2-PbA1QcOwEeJcQIuCG-Dxm1DUKPIQKBOpOUdLoVCbl6T6sUPsVglQRLjFPD_3aCH9m4aOlWTKWLcb-0pVDGJ6PBLakLG9K5hEvsxIsldaAlwXQ=w640-h312" /><div><div><b><span style="color: #999999;"><br />Publisher : <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1426371543/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=jamesval-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=68f6739ec498fb538984330192e6e8ea&creativeASIN=1426371543" target="_blank">Under the Stars</a> (November 23, 2021)<br />Language : English<br />Hardcover : 192 pages<br />ISBN-10 : 1426371543<br />ISBN-13 : 978-1426371547</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span></b></div><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Praise for IZZY NEWTON AND THE S.M.A.R.T. SQUAD 2: NEWSTON'S FLAW<br /></span></b><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Wholesome entertainment for preteens, offering positivity without didacticism. ―</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Kirkus</span></i></b><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Praise for IZZY NEWTON AND THE S.M.A.R.T. SQUAD: ABSOLUTE HERO</span></b></div><div><span style="color: #999999;"><br />This series opener highlights diverse, sympathetic characters using their smarts and their emotional intelligence to solve scientific and social challenges. Charlie has light-brown skin and speaks Spanish with her two moms, Allie presents white, Marie presents Asian, and new girl Gina Carver is black; Izzy is a winning black protagonist who steadily challenges herself and nurtures her friendships. Bowers' half- and full-page grayscale illustrations add personality to the characters. Backmatter offers further information on the characters' real-life inspirations and women scientists. Wholesome entertainment for preteens, offering positivity without didacticism. ―</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Kirkus</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Written by girl-power expert Valerie Tripp---the author behind some of your favorite American Girl stories---the Izzy Newton and the S.M.A.R.T. Squad series features five brainy friends inspired by iconic scientists---Izzy Newton, Allie Einstein, Charlie Darwin, Marie Curie, and Gina Carver---as they go through the wild time that is middle school, with stories on friendship, growing up, and of course, solving mishaps with science and the scientific method. ... It's one thing to have children's books about scientists or podcasts or stories about strong women in STEM, but it's another world entirely when your children get to feel represented by the characters they're reading about. The characters in the Izzy Newton and the S.M.A.R.T. Squad series are diverse, smart, and sure of themselves the way all middle school girls are---through their dreams and newly acquired skills they're still getting used to. ―</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Romper</span></i></b><div><span style="color: #999999;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaeOmBntLKnmr2Lu56ysmRYkJ4gQzMWMc5uYn-tr_lFw8TDeeWpU91U3LUWbu6W5d_TGkr3KuCMgaY_4QO5f7WMFhCnBdlHshCEOnZVDakXsJ9FR9TkLnhbqIOb0AWMmf_LHzCLIfO_UapPwm1Dmeu-xAImO0vAvLM6hUEeFX7522mya6JofytyyH3bA=s620" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaeOmBntLKnmr2Lu56ysmRYkJ4gQzMWMc5uYn-tr_lFw8TDeeWpU91U3LUWbu6W5d_TGkr3KuCMgaY_4QO5f7WMFhCnBdlHshCEOnZVDakXsJ9FR9TkLnhbqIOb0AWMmf_LHzCLIfO_UapPwm1Dmeu-xAImO0vAvLM6hUEeFX7522mya6JofytyyH3bA=s16000" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><b>When middle-school mishaps happen, five friends form the S.M.A.R.T. 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Or will Izzy Newton's flaws mean the end of the S.M.A.R.T. Squad?<br /><br />Plus, learn more about the real science behind the fiction and meet some amazing real-life scientists.<br /><br />Join award-winning author and American Girl series co-creator Valerie Tripp and the diverse, brilliantly brainy S.M.A.R.T. Squad gang in this charming second book in the series.<br /><br />And don't forget to check out the first book in the series, <i>Izzy Newton and S.M.A.R.T. Squad: Absolute Hero.</i></span>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Part of the creative team behind the American Girl series, </span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Valerie Tripp</span></b><span style="color: #999999;"> has written many of the American Girl books about Felicity, Josefina, Samantha, Kit, Molly, and Maryellen. She also wrote American Girl’s Welliewisher and Hopscotch Hill School books. Tripp has also written numerous levled readers, songs, stories, skills book pages, poems, and plays for educational publishers and is the editorial director of the Boys Camp series. She is a frequent speaker at schools and libraries. </span></div>
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<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span></b></div><span style="color: #999999;"><b>ASIN : B08QGJ2G5C</b></span><div><b><span style="color: #999999;">Publisher : <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QGJ2G5C/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=jamesval-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=6f301951e5a2021e0552356a455db93f&creativeASIN=B08QGJ2G5C" target="_blank">Tor Books</a> (October 12, 2021)<br />Publication date : October 12, 2021<br />Language : English<br />File size : 3854 KB</span></b><div><span style="color: #999999;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Praise for DESTROYER OF LIGHT</span></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">A 2021 Kirkus Best of the Year Book</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">A 2021 Kirkus Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">"[A] dark, poetic tale of struggling human colonists and ambiguously motivated aliens on a distant planet. Brissett uses the alien setting to explore contemporary issues, including racism, the complexities of allyship, and the trauma experienced by child soldiers. The author’s updated take on a classic myth is both clever and entertaining...Richly developed and profound" —</span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Kirkus</span></i></b><span style="color: #999999;">, Starred Review</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“Destroyer of Light is proof positive that we're living in a new golden age of science fiction.” ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Charlie Jane Anders</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, Hugo Award-winning author</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“Destroyer of Light grapples with themes of both the human and post-human experience in a way that is wholly original and seductively engaging. Brissett builds a richly layered and imaginative world that reflects much of our own―the good, the brutal, and the truly monstrous―while daring us to dream of something more. This is a tale not only of becoming and transformation, but about the choices we make that bring us to our destinations. In a time of new, meaningful, and thrilling science fiction, Destroyer of Light is a must read.” ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">P. Djèlí Clark</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, Hugo Finalist and author of </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">The Haunting of Tram Car 015</span></i></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“A saga that combines many of sf’s most beloved tropes―a remnant of humanity struggling to survive on a far away world, aliens whose goals are dangerously unknowable, alien/human hybrids with unpredictable abilities, suspense, plot twists, and that good old sense of wonder. Hugely ambitious, impressively accomplished.” ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Karen Joy Fowler</span></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">“Destroyer of Light confirms Brissett as one of our finest and most ambitious novelists. A world-spanning epic that explores and explodes what it's like to be both human and post-human. Gorgeously written and heartfelt, it's quite simply one of the best books I've read in a very long time.” ―</span><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Elizabeth Hand</span></b><span style="color: #999999;">, author of </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">The Book of Lamps</span></i></b><span style="color: #999999;"> and </span><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">Banners and Curious Toys</span></i></b><b style="color: #999999;"><br /></b>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 20.5pt; margin-right: 16.35pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Drifting</span><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="color: #231f20;">down<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>down<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>down<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">spinning</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">if</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>thread<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>diz- <span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">zying turns, </span>the
invisible strand that connects me delicately un- ravels<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>join<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">with</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>act<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>becoming.<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">will</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>share<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">with </span>you
<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">in this, </span>your dangerous journey,
because I cannot bear to al- low you to do <span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">this
</span>alone. Into your memory we travel together, and of <span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">all </span>the strange corners of the world where
we could land, we find ourselves <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">in </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>kitchen.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 20.5pt; margin-right: 16.35pt; margin-top: .45pt; text-indent: 11.95pt;"><span style="color: #231f20;">So many sensations, strange but not unpleasant,
envelop us. So much <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">stimuli </span>to delight
and intoxicate. Warmth emanates from<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>cooling<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;">
</span>stove.<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>scents<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">drying</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>leaves<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>hung<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>along the <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">walls </span>fragrance the air. The aromas of the spices and mint, and
the <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">grassy </span>freshness of the herbs <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">growing </span>on the window- <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">sill </span>or neatly labeled and placed on
shelves, <span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">waft </span>through my<span style="letter-spacing: -1.45pt;"> </span>in- corporeal skin. And yet I <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">also </span>sense unease, a darkness looming from <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">every </span>corner and shadowed crevice. Memories
can be <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">like this—ghostly </span>and unsteady,
a little bit true, a little bit false dis- connected, then joining to create
image and<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span>form.</span></p>
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Deidra<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>you.<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>Cora,<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">with</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>soft,<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">puffy</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>body<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">two</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">small, </span>awkwardly<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>protruding<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt;"> </span>points<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt;"> </span>pushed<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>up<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt;"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>front<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt;"> </span>your
<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">frock, </span>make a <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">very unlikely </span>harbinger of the days to come. <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">Only </span>your eyes cause one to stop and
consider. They are wide and in- quisitive, <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">with
irises </span>of amber outlined <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">in </span>mahogany,
and your stare penetrates, <span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">infusing </span>the
onlooker <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">with </span>the strong desire to <span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">turn</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;">away.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 20.5pt; margin-right: 16.35pt; margin-top: .5pt; text-indent: 11.95pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; letter-spacing: .2pt;">All </span><span style="color: #231f20;">is stillness as I move about the kitchen, then the room
morphs into activity. The <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">clinking </span>of
dishes. The <span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">tender </span>steps of the<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>child<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>clearing<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">table.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span></span><i><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Palatino Linotype";">wish-wash<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;">
</span></span></i><span style="color: #231f20;">of<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>moving<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>water<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>the
mother earnestly washes the dishes. A strange tension lingers<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>in</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.5pt; margin-right: 31.35pt; margin-top: 4.0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20;">the air. <span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">Were </span>they
mad at each other? Has the child <span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">done </span>some-
thing<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>wrong?<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">She</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>seems<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>so<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>timid<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">she</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>stands<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;">
</span>behind<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>mother holding a bowl cupped in both hands
while the mother bends over the sink. <span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">Moments
</span>pass in agonizing lengths as the two re- main<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>like<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>this:<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">one</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>standing,<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;">
</span>quietly<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>beseeching<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>attention,<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>the other
ignoring her presence. For a while I <span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">wonder
</span>if the mother knows<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>child<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>there.<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>slight<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>nod<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">head</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">grunt </span>makes<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;">
</span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>clear<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">she</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>knows.<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>child,<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>finally<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;">
</span>given<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>permission to approach,
carefully places her bowl on the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">counter.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.5pt; margin-right: 31.4pt; margin-top: .55pt; text-indent: 11.95pt;"><span style="color: #231f20;">Mother bemoans, “After a long day of work I
still have to do all this.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 17.45pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .15pt;"><span style="color: #231f20;">“I’ll
do them,” Cora says, brightening.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 17.45pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 1.0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20;">“No,
you never do them right,” Mother responds with a sigh.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 5.5pt; margin-right: 31.35pt; margin-top: 1.05pt; text-indent: 11.95pt;"><span style="color: #231f20;">And<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>then<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>feel<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">how</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>girl<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>feels.<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">She</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">thinks</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">her</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>mother<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">doesn’t </span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">like </span>her, maybe even hates her. She <span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">thinks </span>her mother believes her strange, too <span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">wise </span>beyond her years, useless, incapable
of do- ing the simplest <span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">things—even </span>something
as mundane as wash- ing the dishes. Cora longs for the feel of her mother’s
soft <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">skin, </span>cool<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>scented<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">with</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>lavender.<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">It’s</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>been<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>so<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>long<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>since<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>mother
touched her and Cora doesn’t know why the tenderness ended. Flashes<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>appear<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">how</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>close<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>they<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>used<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">be.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">How</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>they<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">went</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>every- where together. How <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">Mother </span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">strapped
</span>Cora to her <span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">waist with </span>a <span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">cloth </span><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">with
</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">the child’s </span><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">little </span>head <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">bobbing. </span>She <span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">smiled with </span>her
<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">two tiny </span>front teeth surrounded by <span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">gums. </span>Dark splotches <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">swam </span>across the child’s <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">skin, </span>face, and <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">arms—something </span>left over by what<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;">
</span></span><i><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">they<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span></span></i><span style="color: #231f20;">had<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>done<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">her.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>Mother<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>simply<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
</span>covered<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>them<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">with</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>the swaddling clothes and kept <span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">prying </span>eyes at a distance. Then the images
waver and fade<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">away.</span></span></p>
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<b><span style="color: #cccccc;">Pam Smy </span></b><span style="color: #999999;">studied Illustration at Cambridge School of Art, where she now lectures part-time. Pam has illustrated books by Conan Doyle (<i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>), Julia Donaldson (<i>Follow the Swallow</i>) and Kathy Henderson (<i>Hush, Baby, Hush!</i>), among others. She lives in Cambridge. Her first novel, <i>Thornhill</i> was a critical and commercial success, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the UKLA Book Awards, and the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2018 and winning the 2018 British Book Design & Production Award for Graphic Novels.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cccccc;">FRED BOWEN</span></b><span style="color: #999999;"> is the author of Peachtree’s popular Fred Bowen Sports Story Series for middle grade readers. A lifelong sports fanatic, he has coached youth league baseball, basketball, and soccer. His kids’ sports column “The Score” appears each week in the KidsPost section of the Washington Post. Bowen lives in Maryland.</span><br /> <br />
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