Wonders of the Invisible World by Barzak Christopher

Author:Barzak, Christopher [Barzak, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2015-09-08T07:00:00+00:00

My mother didn’t panic when Toby burst into the room with those words spilling out of him; she didn’t lose one ounce of control. She simply put the candy cane she was holding back on the branch and said, “Calm down, Toby. What’s happened?” And when Toby was able to explain that our dad had fallen out of his tree stand and wasn’t moving, my mom went straight to the kitchen to call Sheriff Barrens to tell him about what might have occurred down in Marrow’s Ravine. There were a few tears in her eyes as she spoke, but her voice held steady. “Yes, well,” she kept saying, over and over. “Yes, well.” She finished the call by saying she was going down to the ravine to see about the truth of the matter, and that she’d meet him there. Sheriff Barrens must have told her not to go, though, because she said, “I’m sorry, but you know I have to do this.”

While they spoke, Toby sobbed on the couch, hunched over, fists tucked into his armpits. He was wearing his orange camouflage snowsuit and hunting hat with furry ear flaps. The suit was covered in mud, as if he’d stumbled and fallen into water, making me think of our great-grandfather drowning in that creek in France. “Toby,” I said, “what happened?” But he only shook his head. Snot dripped from his nose, and no matter how many times I asked, he wouldn’t answer.

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