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 "...She
would stand there, watching, and would find in the sky the disparate
angels of her childhood. With one small hand she would wave good-bye.
It was such a long time ago."
There
were things to be afraid of in the woods at the end of Autumn
Street. But the year she went to live in her grandfather's big house
- when her father went off to fight in World War II - Elizabeth
couldn't put a name to those dark, shadowy fears. She was grateful
for the reassurance of Tatie's strong, enveloping brown arms which
held her when she needed comforting, and she relished her friendship
with Tatie's grandson, feisty and streetwise Charles, who called
her dumb old Elizabeth but didn't mean it, and who taught her to
take risks. Together the two lonely children tried to interpret
for each other an adult world -which was always puzzling and often
cruel. Together, finally, on a day when snow obscured everything
but terror, they left that world behind them and entered the world
that was waiting in the woods.
"Readers . . . will find this emotionally charged
reverie understandable and unforgettable." -- Booklist, starred
review ALA Notable Book Booklist Editors' Choice
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