![]() ![]() She doubted they had started off from school together. From this long view, she was struck by the naturalness of the way they stood together and at the same time, the strain. She couldn't help thinking about Polly and Jo as she walked, so when she saw them up ahead, waiting at the light to cross East- West Highway, it almost felt like they appeared out of her memory.Īma was surprised to see Polly and Jo together. Today she felt like treading the familiar steps she'd walked so many times when she was younger, -when she was never in a hurry. But it was an aimless time of day, and she wasn't hauling her usual twenty pounds of textbooks, binders, and notebooks. She was purposeful and forward- looking, like her older sister. ![]() Usually she took the bus home, but today she felt like -walking, she wasn't sure why. ![]() The next time Ama went to school, it would be high school. Tomorrow the entire eighth grade would pile back into the gym for the graduation ceremony, but that was just for an hour and their families would be there. Susannah, and my parents, Jane and Bill Brashares. Jacob Collins, my children, Sam, Nate, and Noreen Marchisi, Judith Haut, John Adamo,Īs ever, I lovingly acknowledge my husband, Joan DeJMayo, Marci Senders, Isabel Warren-Lynch, ![]() Random House Children's Books: Chip Gibson, I thank my outstanding colleagues and friends at Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, Beverly Horowitz, and I thank my steadfast editorial sisterhood once again: ![]()
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