Crow Call by Lois Lowry

Author:Lois Lowry
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Scholastic Books
Published: 2012-02-09T16:00:00+00:00

It is quieter than summer. There are no animal sounds, no bird-waking noises;

even the occasional leaf that falls within our vision does so in silence, spiraling slowly

down to blend in with the others. But most leaves are already gone from the trees; those

that remain catch there by accident, waiting for the wind that will free them. Our breath

is steam.

“Daddy,” I ask shyly, “were you scared in the war?”

He looks ahead, up the hill, and after a moment he says, “Yes. I was scared.”

“Of what?”

“Lots of things. Of being alone. Of being hurt. Of hurting someone else.”

“Are you still?”

He glances down. “I don’t think so. Those kinds of scares go away.”

“I’m scared sometimes,” I confide.

He nods, unsurprised. “I know,” he said. “Are you scared now?”

I start to say no. Then I remember the word that scares me. Hunter.

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