Dr. Johns had entered the room , still in scrub clothes . He was smiling . “ Dr. Johns ! Is he ... ? ” The words stuck in her throat . “ He's doing very well . " Dr. Johns pulled the cap off his head and ran his fingers through his hair ...
Judith is a biographer whose life is subsumed by others; her sister Charleen is a single mother and lapsed poet with a marvellously uncomplicated son.
"This book is the melding of two personal journeys, one using a dialect of color and dynamism and the other, a dialect of image and story.
Hunted by a team of professional killers Wade is forced into a close collaboration with her boss, a man she neither likes nor trusts.
A musically gifted bird, a piano-playing boy, and a real-life mystery involving three artistic geniuses Welcome to the world of Mirabelle, a young goldfinch who loves to sing and dreams...
DUET is the story of this little-known partnership between humans and mockingbirds. It gives name and voice to forgotten players in the mockingbird's story. And it is a case study in courage, resiliency, and the power of song.
One in search of her identity and her memory; the other in search of the love that she had and lost; theirs is a duet whose last note will not be sung until the heart-stopping climax, when a shadow from the past returns to claim them both.
Now, National Book Award and Newbery honor-winner Phillip Hoose brings the story of the important and overlooked connection between humans and mockingbirds—past, present, and future. It is the third volume of his bird trilogy.