“Things aren't what they seem. What a truth to learn at such a tender age! More discouraging was the way in which everyone around him—his parents in particular—seemed so certain of what was and what wasn't. They were intent on… — Jan Strnad Copy Share Image
“Things aren't what they seem. What a truth to learn at such a tender age! More discouraging was the way in which everyone around… — Jan Strnad Copy Share
“Aunt Flo's love is not a soft thing, I think, but something hard and unyielding, which can be good or bad.” — Jan Strnad Copy Share
“You were a child, you didn't mean to hurt my feelings. Children are ignorant. It takes an adult to choose to be cruel.” — Jan Strnad Copy Share
“Never mind being first. If you want to count for something, be the last of your kind.” — Jan Strnad Copy Share
“I see the life draining out of her and something else taking its place, but I don't know what. Maybe that's the problem. Maybe… — Jan Strnad Copy Share
“Alice likes to swing as high as she can. At the schoolyard on the big swings there, I think maybe she's going to go… — Jan Strnad Copy Share
“The evening air smelled like secrets. The breeze that stirred his hair had been places Matt could only imagine. It had twined through trees… — Jan Strnad Copy Share
“She couldn't see the mathematical beauty in a leaf, the miracle in a seed that becomes a seedling, the absolute wonder that is the… — Jan Strnad Copy Share
“Alice twists a lock of her hair as she sucks on her straw and swivels back and forth on her seat. The shush of… — Jan Strnad Copy Share
“Now I understand. Alice is afraid. The whole town is afraid because the world doesn't make sense to them anymore. Two kids go missing… — Jan Strnad Copy Share
