My Family for the War by Anne C. Voorhoeve

Author:Anne C. Voorhoeve [Voorhoeve, Anne C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781101575215
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2012-02-16T05:00:00+00:00

After about four days, Mrs. Collins began to wonder why I came to school with my suitcase every day. “Surely you’re not so bold as to try another escape right under my nose?” she asked distrustfully.

“I can’t leave the suitcase unguarded, or the Stones will steal my things,” I explained truthfully.

Mrs. Collins sighed. “I’ve seldom met a child so prone to exaggeration,” she remarked, and just seeing me drawing breath, she cut me off before I could say anything else. “I know you’d say anything to get back to London, but I can’t do anything about it, do you understand?” she asked irritably. “You’re here now, and until an authorized person turns up and convinces me otherwise, you will stay here!”

The local teachers had decided that their school was too small to house another class. And so we met on the village green, the other children sitting on blankets and I on my suitcase, and Mrs. Collins looking anxiously at the heavens whenever even the tiniest cloud appeared. She had to teach outdoors and she wasn’t in the mood for any more problems.

“But I’m not lying!” I defended myself with a trembling voice, to which she didn’t respond. She did tolerate my carrying all my possessions around with me after that, though.

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