Stone Soup Magazine
— A girl in coastal Maine discovers a ferret she names Rumor at an abandoned lighthouse and saves it from a hawk, forming a brief connection before it disappears.
— An aspiring writer struggling with bills and rejection letters finally receives her first acceptance, learning the value of patience her grandmother taught her.
— A girl discovers through blocked-out papers with one word visible—PREGNANT—that she'll become a big sister, processing excitement and new responsibility.
— A reader abandons her book to follow the calls of wood frogs and peepers through her window onto the porch roof, where their chorus declares 'We are alive.'
— A father and daughter play frisbee at sunset, their throws and catches becoming a wordless conversation of connection and understanding.
— Two sisters navigate their relationship through midnight roof adventures, failed spy agencies, and garage sales of unwanted gifts, revealing the complex dynamics of sibling love.
— After the Train, by Gloria Whelan; HarperCollins: New York, 2009; $15.99 Picture this: you are thirteen years old and living in Rolfen, West Germany, ten years after WWII has ended....
— A morning farm routine becomes a meditation on familiar rituals, from feeding cattle to picking the season's first buttercup.
— Three vignettes capture the chaotic dynamics between sisters: midnight roof adventures, a failed spy agency, and a garage sale of unwanted 'gifts.'
— A boy travels back to 1908 where a mysterious girl helps him return to his own time, only to discover she died the day after they met.