Dressed in a lovely green dress to complement her eyes, seventeen-year-old Cassia Maria Reyes is understandably nervous about attending her Match Banquet. The society has chosen her future mate for her, based on their calculations of who will produce “physically and emotionally healthy offspring.” Tonight she will catch a momentary glimpse of him on a [...]
Archive for June, 2012
It’s 1962 and twelve-year-old Jack Gantos is grounded for the summer in his hometown of Norvelt, Pennsylvania. Nonetheless, Jack manages to have many escapades including shooting a loaded souvenir Japanese army rifle, driving a car, inspecting dead bodies, flying in an army surplus airplane, running from an irate member of the Hells Angels and more! [...]
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