“Angelika gave me the ball. I turned it over in my fingers, and a huge lump grew in my throat. Suddenly, in my own head, I was back on that field, two years before. We had been playing in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in a big park, and there were train tracks passing...
Carlos Ruiz Zafon will make you feel like you are being told a story around a campfire with his shadowy tale of two twins that were separated at birth for their own protection in 1930s Calcutta.While Sheere’s grandmother raises her, Ben is dropped off at an orphanage...
The Elders always did what was best for the group, right? No one questions them, knowing that the Enclave’s residents very existence is owed to the Elder’s management. But why do they not tolerate differences? Why do they ignore the warning signs of danger from the...
I mistakenly thought this book was fiction, but instead it is a delightful memoir about growing up in the sixties. The short chapters follow author Ann Hodgman from her earliest memories up until the sixth grade, when she claims it “became so embarrassing, that...
I can just imagine how I’d set it all up beforehand: a stack of two-foot-long branches; an assortment of large stones; a selection of discarded grown-ups shoes; a box of conch shells; and a few smaller-size worn-out tires. There is nothing better than finding a...
