The Princesses of Iowa by M. Molly Backes

Author:M. Molly Backes [Backes, M. Molly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7636-5989-9
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2012-08-21T04:00:00+00:00

. . . The door appeared for a moment and she slipped through, as quickly and silently as moonrise. She’d spoken of doors, of stars and the voices she could hear on the other side, but I’d taken her talk for poetry, not fact, until I saw her slip through the door and lost her forever.

The words hung in my head, slowly revolving like wind chimes. Just like that day in Mr. Tremont’s class, I had a flash of what my life could be. I wanted my life to be more than what my mother had planned for me — more than I had planned for me. I wanted to walk through that door. As quickly and silently as moonrise. . . . Alone in the woods, I sat watching little bugs skate across the creek’s surface until shadows stretched across the water.

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