Mina gazed across the playground—over fifty children her age were scattered in front of her, but not one of them would be her friend. It wasn’t that they were unfriendly; three of them had already asked her if she wanted to eat lunch with them, but it was Mina who had vowed not to […]
January/February 2007
My Last Skirt: The Story of Jennie Hodgers, Union Soldier
My Last Skirt: The Story of Jennie Hodgers, Union Soldier by Lynda Durrant; Clarion Books: New York, 2006; $16 To be free can have multiple meanings, but to Jennie Margaret Hodgers, in My Last Skirt: The Story of Jennie Hodgers, Union Soldier, it symbolizes having no skirts. For her, losing her skirt would mean losing […]
A Different Kind of Lullaby
Her room was quiet. Too quiet. In fact, the whole house was quiet, and Abby knew why It was empty—all except for her. There had been a note, of course, there was always a note, waiting on the table after school. Abby: Gone out for a while. Be back soon. Love always, Mom Abby wondered […]
