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She scattered seeds along the highways and down the country lanes. She flung handfuls of them around the schoolhouse and back of the church. She tossed them into hollows and along stone walls.
Miss Rumphius
They weren’t honest or cheerful or industrious or cooperative or clean.
The Best School Year Ever
What I caught was a dried-up hedge apple. Jeb was pretty sly. He knew I couldn’t look at a hedge apple without thinking of him.
The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
Throughout the country was the feeling of impending evil. It was as if some unknown terror would come out of the deep shadows.
Snow Treasure
I’m in the process of cleaning out my attic. Well, not cleaning really. Just rearranging. Anyway, I came across some old musical instruments I think you might like.
Regarding the Fountain
But what strange sounds there are to hear! Whistles, beeps, and static, strange new words and quick, clipped news of altitudes and speeds, leaping across the dark….
Moonshot
Her back didn’t hurt her any more at all. Now some people called her That Crazy Old Lady.
Miss Rumphius
So far I had thought up compliments for six people, including Alice. For Alice, I put down “Important.”
The Best School Year Ever
…was a tired town, a neglected place that looked as if it was in danger of collapsing in on itself. A tangle of old homes and shacks clustered around small stores and buildings that had seen better days.
Ruby Holler
I should be thankful Doc Kelly had come to town to tend to his dying father. Not ten doctors in all of Nebraska would know how to use traction…. He drilled a hole in my bone like a carpenter drills through wood.
Worth
The hail crunched and melted beneath our feet. It was white and gleaming as far as we looked like sun on glass. Like the sea.
Sarah, Plain and Tall
“Daddy,” I said, and I waited till he was looking at me before I went on.
And staring right into his eyeballs I told him, “There is never enough time for fun.”
Ida B
