The Winter Place by Yates Alexander

Author:Yates, Alexander [Yates, Alexander]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Tess could tell that Jaana was livid that Axel had snuck out, but for some reason their grandmother kept it totally buttoned-up. She remained completely silent at breakfast the following morning, glancing at Axel between bites. Tess realized as they ate that her grandmother must have judged Axel to be too fragile to scream at, and for a strange moment she felt almost flattered. Because the old woman never hesitated to come right at Tess, guns blazing. Maybe that meant that Jaana knew she could take it.

They left immediately after breakfast, catching a ride to the station with Kalle. The older boy was clearly hungover, wincing in the sunlight as he helped unload Otso’s chair and wheel their luggage up the platform. He was about to make his escape when Jaana collared him, pulling him aside for a little chat. Tess couldn’t hear what Jaana was saying, but from the way Kalle was flinching, it looked like she was working some of that anger out of her system. When he finally drove off, Jaana returned to the platform and announced, with no small pleasure, that Kalle was feeling ill. He’d be returning to Helsinki with Kari first thing tomorrow. Tess had already begun to feel a grudging admiration toward her grandmother, and now that feeling seized some major ground. But it didn’t advance uncontested—Jaana was exactly the grumpy warrior that Kari needed right now, but she was also the grandma who had chosen to fight not one bit for Tess or Axel.

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