* The Fiction Awards 2020 Winner * In Goodharts, the small town beyond the hills, nobody knows how Ferry Donovan looks. His mother has been keeping him out of sight for over nine years. When the boy finally begins school, the people are not only intrigued by his appearance but also by the strange things taking place a...
***#68 in Nonfiction on 12/5/17*** ***#17 in Essay on 5/13/18*** "Have no friends not equal to yourself." -Confucius My favorite of Mr. Browne's precepts from Wonder by R. J. Palacio. This essay reflects on how this theme is demonstrated by the character relationships throughout the book. *Update on 11/25/17: I've add...
August finally is starting to fit in until he starts to join the wrong group of kids who use him. When August starts to find out, he tries to slowly fade away from the group and join his read friends again. But things aren't as easy as it seems, family troubles are making things even harder for August.
Bowen was a lonely girl who filled her days by running down rural country roads. But that quickly changed when she discovered a decomposing body in an old shack. But, somehow, he wasn't dead. In fact, he was getting better, his fatal wounds healing themselves from beyond the grave. And from the moment he opened his...