Torn by Haddix Margaret Peterson

Author:Haddix, Margaret Peterson [Haddix, Margaret Peterson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Action & Adventure, Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult, Historical, Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction, General, Fantasy, Fantasy & Magic
ISBN: 9781442426450
Goodreads: 11533644
Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 2011-09-07T07:00:00+00:00

“Let me see!” Jonah said, reaching for the book.

He thought Staffe was probably mistaken—how closely had Staffe looked at the picture of Andrea, anyway, before he threw it overboard? But if there was even a chance, Jonah had to look.

Staffe moved the book out of Jonah’s reach.

“Careful,” he said. “You haven’t exactly proved trustworthy with books. You hold the candle. I’ll hold the book.”

Jonah gritted his teeth and took the candle in his hand as Staffe turned pages.

“I think it was here—nay, a few pages on,” he murmured. “Yes, this is it.”

He held the book up before Jonah’s eyes. The candle illuminated only half the page, so Jonah saw the caption under the picture before he saw the picture itself.

The Death of John White, the caption said.

Jonah gasped.

“It’s not her?” Staffe asked sadly.

“No, no, I think it is—let me see,” Jonah cried, grabbing the book from Staffe’s hand.

He tilted the book and the candle, so most of the light landed on the picture.

It did indeed show Andrea, bent over an elderly, white-haired man. Both of them had their eyes closed, but somehow the artist who’d drawn the picture—was it one of their friends? Brendan? Antonio?—had managed to make it clear that Andrea’s eyes were closed in sorrow, while the man had abandoned consciousness altogether. The tips of Andrea’s braids brushed against his collar, and she seemed to be kissing his forehead.

Kissing him good-bye.

“Careful—the dripping wax,” Staffe said.

Jonah tilted the book and the candle the other way around, so the wax rolled harmlessly down to the wooden deck.

“You didn’t tell me her grandfather died,” Jonah said in a choked voice.

“Are you crying?” Staffe asked.

Jonah didn’t answer.

“Do you know this girl and her grandfather?” Staffe asked, sounding even more puzzled. “Did you not know of his death before we sailed? Your father has had this book on his shelf the entire journey. Did he not tell you of this man’s passing?”

Jonah sniffed.

“It’s complicated,” he said.

John White—Andrea’s grandfather in original time—had been the reason Andrea had wanted to stay in 1600 as Virginia Dare. He’d been the reason Second had been able to use Andrea to manipulate time, the reason Second could change time.

And after all that, John White had just died?

“When?” Jonah asked. He moved the candle to illuminate the text below the picture again, so if there was a date, he’d see it.

The type below the caption was tiny and blurry, and said nothing about John White’s death.

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