epub |eng | | Author:Erin Bowman

Chapter Sixteen “She’s Apache,” Jesse says when we join back up. He’s squinting again, only it ain’t his normal squint. Everything ’bout his face has gone narrow. His lips are ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2015-06-30 | Author:vantana, amalie [vantana, amalie]

CHAPTER 23 GUINEVERE Arthur had seen us when Monroe’s guards were chasing Luther’s carriage, and he had turned his horse around and come back. As soon as he saw Bess, ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2015-08-25 | Author:Bray, Libba [Bray, Libba]

PART TWO The gloom of January weighed on New Yorkers. The days were short and the nights were very long for people who’d grown to fear sleep. Mothers kept close ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2014-12-20 | Author:Taylor, Jordan [Taylor, Jordan]

Twenty-Eighth ABC The next day passes like the first until they arrive late to a substantial town on the former stage line. The population seems to have shrunk to a ...

epub |eng | | Author:Aaron Galvin

-12- “Your pardon, sir,” I mock Bishop. “But I am no lamb, nor do I have any intention of being sacrificed.” “Well, that’s good, lass,” he says. “I’ve no desire ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2012-06-10 | Author:Suzanne Weyn

On the first day out, I was watching the white-capped ocean roll by when the nun dressed in blue approached me. She clutched a book to her side and I ...

epub |eng | 2015-03-18 | Author:Gretchen Gibbs

CHAPTER THIRTEEN “WHAT SHALL WE do now?” I was groggy from sleep, but it took only a moment to realize our danger. “God’s teeth, this has been an accursed trip ...

epub |eng | 2015-04-06 | Author:Carson,Rae

We make twelve to fourteen miles a day for a week, through land so lovely it’s a pain in my chest. Thoughts of Uncle Hiram niggle at me like impure ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2003-03-30 | Author:Jennifer Donnelly

glean "Lou, stop." "'...then comes Junior in a baby carriage "I said stop...'" "'...sucking his thumb, wetting his pants, doin' the hula-hula dance..."' "Lou!" "You're blushing, Matt! You're sweet on ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2006-01-01 | Author:Sharon M. Draper [Draper, Sharon M.]

PART SIX POLLY 25. BIRTH OF THE BABY EARLY ONE MORNING, ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER, the doorway of the kitchen was suddenly darkened by the unexpected shadow of Mr. Derby. ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2012-11-25 | Author:Shelena Shorts [Shorts, Shelena]

We knew we would travel through the forest, but weren’t sure where. I could hear my father telling William that his sister lived about ten miles to the west and ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2009-08-19 | Author:Shelena Shorts [Shorts, Shelena]

Chapter 10 CHRISTMAS I knew exactly what I was going to buy him for Christmas. The first thing would be inexpensive, but the second thing would require a little bit ...

epub |eng | 2014-02-05 | Author:Marian Cheatham [Cheatham, Marian]

16 “The wakes, chérie,” Mama called from the parlor on Tuesday evening. “It is time to go.” I dragged myself out of my bedroom and down the creaky hallway, struggling ...

mobi |eng | 2013-02-11 | Author:Ruta Sepetys

THIRTY Once I fed a new ribbon into Charlie’s typewriter, it worked without issue. Charlie sat across from me at the kitchen table in his stained undershirt, staring at the ...

epub |eng | 2014-06-23 | Author:Amalie Vantana [Vantana, Amalie]

CHAPTER 17 GUINEVERE After Sam and Bess were taken to the house, Jack and I set out on foot for George Crawford’s house. If what I said was true and ...