I just listened to a wonderful Newberry-Award-winning book called Paperboy. The story takes place in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1959. Told from the point of view of a stuttering adolescent who struggles to communicate with others, this boy takes over his best friend’s paper route which forces him to talk in situations he usually avoids. A […]
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Click to see: Summary of Preceding Chapters 32 The days went by in a blur. In addition to worrying about Eva and any relationship I had left with Diana, I had to screen my calls for reporters. A story, “Police Investigating Possible Murder Suicide,” was printed on page three of the paper the next day, but
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Week 1: Chapters 1, and 2 (pages 2-19—18 pages)(Dec 7th, 2015) –Exiting a plane, Diana Buchanan asks Wade Middleton’s help with a heavy saddle. He throws his back out. Guilt overcomes her conservatism; she drives him home. The next morning his friend Jorge Calderon comes seeking help at work. –When Diana asks Wade about his
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A Naming I stood, and around me the grass bent, paying homage to the breeze, nodding tufted tips back and forth. The land undulated before me, an ocean of greens and browns, rills of grassland responding to wind-play. I turned to regard the man beside me. He stood still, gazing at my with blue interested
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←To “PB Waves” Dylan sat by Glenda’s bed, holding her frail hand. He double-checked her IV line to make sure morphine was flowing properly from the suspended bag, through the tube, and into her vein. The alarm clock on the nightstand read 4:45 a.m. He stared into Glenda’s sunken eyes and said, “I love you,
I’m a part of you whether you want to admit it or not. You know as well as I do that we always meet through your senses, but by now you should be used to the fact that I usually arrive in unexpected ways. This means you need to at least acknowledge my presence and