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More than anything, Ida Bidson wants to become a teacher. To do that, she must finish eighth grade, then go on to high school. But her dream falters when the one-room school in her remote Colorado town shuts down. Her only hope is to keep the school open without anyone finding out. Yet even a...

ofta^te^ / n 1491, in the Kingdom of Pergamontio, there lived a twelve-year-old boy by the name of Fabrizio. He was the sole servant of Mangus the Magician. One sweltering summer eve, near midnight, a violent storm broke over the city where Fabrizio lived. Lightning splintered the inky...

ENGLAND , a . d . 1377 "In the midst of hfe comes death"How often did our village priest preach those words. Yet I have also heard that "in the midst of death comes life"If this he a riddle, so was my life. ill' r T HE DAY AFTER MY MOTHER died, the priest and I wrapped her body in a...