Tag: children’s literature
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[posting][original fiction] Night Runners: First Year
Another Wattpad update for my story you can check out by clicking here!
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“This was so. As the skipping rope hit the pavement, so did the ball. As the rope curved over the head of the jumping child the child with the ball caught the ball. Down came the ropes. Done came the balls. Over and over again. Up. Down. All in rhythm. All identical. Like the houses. Like the paths. Like the flowers.”
-Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time. [a journey into animus]
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[book review] Goodnight, Mister Tom
Goodnight, Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian is a less well-known children’s classic, which had enthralled me as a teen. Perhaps enthrall isn’t quite the word. It gripped me. Emotions aren’t something I comprehend on a regular basis, but Goodnight, Mister Tom has the power to stir even this Spockian reader.