Carolina removed an old and creased single sheet of paper, yellowed with age, that was now carefully protected in clear, acid-free paper. She handed it to Dara. “This was folded up in a parik-til, in...

Without saying anything, Dara gathered her pillow and one of the soft comforters from her bed and carried it into Carolina’s room. Mackenzie and Jennifer followed her. They would sleep in her room that night,...

Jennifer now understood the meaning of the cadence: the black and white drawing, the watercolor painting,and the notes. The cadence had at last developed into a concerto for violin, the instrument of gypsies, with a...

Hurry up, he’ll be coming back pretty soon!”Lynda spelled with a “y” Corgill, who was two years behind Dara, Mackenzie, and Jennifer, and had just completed her sophomore year, squeezed the hot glue gun into...