Children 's literature Quotes by Jo Ann Beard

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“This is where the pivotal events of my childhood unfolded, while I ate banana and root beer Popsicles, two by two, tucking the sticks neatly under the skirt of the chair. It's where Sunnybank Lad met Lady, Ken met his…

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“This is where the pivotal events of my childhood unfolded, while I ate banana and root beer Popsicles, two by two, tucking the sticks neatly under the skirt of the chair. It's where Sunnybank Lad met Lady, Ken met his friend Flicka, Atlanta burned, Manderley burned, Lassie came home, Jim ran away, Alice got small, Wilbur got big, David Copperfield…

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“We sit silently in our living room. He watches the mute television screen and I watch him. The planes and ridges of his face…

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“The way everything seems to be working out right now, I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up dead before the night is over.”

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“Sometimes when you're cruel to others, it's because you've gotten yourself into a situation you can't get out of.”

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“In addition to Linda and me, there's a brother, a strange little guy named Bradley, obsessed with his own cowboy boots. He paces areound…

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“On the very tip of his tongue is his Firerancher. Thin as tissue paper, it looks like the moon in the daytime sky. Suddenly…

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“Instead of slapping her head, I do what they tell you to do: count to ten. Only I do it the gifted way: 123+456+789+10.…

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“In the dresser mirror, my face looks the same, but I feel something happening around me, some change as palpable as weather. Stuck in…

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“...within the souls of the awkward and the overlooked often burns something radiant.”

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“It feels weird right at this moment to not be anybody's sidekick. Hard to explain, but when I look at the moon, it seems…

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