gr 3-6 135pgs1853 Pennsylvania. 11 year old Austin has been left behind to recover from consumption while his brother Levi sets up their claim in Oregon. He writes to Levi about how he spends his days, for the most part, hanging out with his friends Possum and Jupiter. Life becomes a little more ...
Possum and I went over to the barn raising at the Fenton farm. I took along my flask of hiccup remedy just in case. You know it's a four-mile walk to the Fentons’, and the road sure is hot and dusty this time of year. But lots of folks were there with picnic baskets full of good food. Mr. Sipes m...
It was what fathers did long ago, in Ireland, in the cottages of Derry Lane, in the townland of Pobble O’Keefe. “The babe has a gift, ’tis plain to see,” Granny O’Hara whispered, her blue eyes twinkling. Granny herself had “second sight,” which let her peek into the future. The six O’Hara boys ga...