Chapter One: INTO THE MIST The faint outline of my face reflects off the glass as I stare out the window ..

Prologue Her hair is black and thick with bouncing curls that bob around her shoulders. Her eyes are blue, ..

Bernie and Al were away from the station all day. By then his customers knew they were off getting horses. ..

My sister, Lynn, taught me my first word: kira-kira. I pronounced it ka-a-ahhh, but she knew what I meant. ..

chapter 3 The city isn’t how I’d left it. The light’s dipped and it’s getting ..

It’s almost as if Wangari Maathai is still alive, since the trees she planted still grow. Those ..

The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day. I sat there ..

Entebbe, Uganda 1972 DURING THE SUMMER of 1972, the president of Uganda-Idi Amin had a dream. God spoke ..

Holly sat on her chair and poked pieces of pancake in syrup with her fork. She loved maple syrup with ..

Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You have ..

I count the things that matter. Chop, twist, toss, check. Chop, twist, toss, check. Two more pods make ..

Chapter One. MAHTAB ACHED. She rubbed her freezing hands together and pressed them into her mouth, sucking ..

Like I said, I’ve been in worse cells. At some point while I’m lying on the damp concrete ..

Things I know to be true: Tita Vea married my father so she could come to the States, and there is nothing ..

CHAPTER 1 “Faw-wah, where’s Mama?” asks my little brother, Samir. He is holding his green ..

MOMMA HAS FOUR SISTERS (she’s the oldest one), and her parents run a riding school called Blue ..

one. It’s bizarre to be so nervous about seeing the person who knows me best, but the past year ..

[FROM THE GARVIN COUNTY SUN-TRIBUNE, MAY 3, 2008, REPORTER ANGELA DASH] “The scene in the Garvin ..

“Kanzi, habibti, you’re going to be late to the first day of school,” Mama calls. “I’m ..