While baby sitting with their brother Alvin, Libby and Sam have a hard time guessing what Alvin wants to make him happy.
... what Alvin asked, wanting to obey him, not knowing how. But his call to them was strong, too strong not to hear; and it was more than a matter of hearing him, too. It was like they could tell that what he wanted for them was good.
A tribute to the art of storytelling, this is highly recommended." —Library Journal "This beguiling book recalls Robert Penn Warren in its robust blend of folktale, history, parable, personal testimony, and pioneer narrative." ...
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Our chats always took place later in the evening and anyway, Alvin had other plans. What Alvin wants, Alvin gets. And Alvin wanted tosee the girls practicing. ... Of course, Ray would want totalk abouthis girls, sothe conversation ...
A fierce disagreement about the location of the battle in the Argonne forest has further complicated the soldier's legacy. In Alvin York, Douglas V. Mastriano sorts fact from myth in the first full-length biography of York in decades.
Alvin wanted to sound refined like her, or sometimes he wanted to, anyway, and so he'd learn them words and use them and talk so fine you'd have thought he learned English from an expert instead of just growing up with it like the rest ...
Following the coloured lines on the hallway floor, James wondered what Alvin wanted to talk about. Finding the right hall, he heard voices coming from the open door of Alvin's room. Peering in, a dozen people stood around the bed.
The Tales of Alvin Maker, Book Three Orson Scott Card. for them was good. They trusted him, they wanted to be the living plow he dreamed of, and so in a million flecks of time so small that a second seemed like eternity to them, ...
That's not what Joyce wanted to hear, but she knew he was right. She went to the front and turned the lights on. “If we work hard, it shouldn't take too long.” Joyce got Alvin to stick strips of tape on the edge of the shelves, ...
Because of such incidents, the players learned that Alvin wanted me all to himself. This put me in a tough position, both practically and academically. I wanted to speak with everyone at the park, but feared Alvin would consider this as ...