Author : E. L. Konigsburg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Identity
ISBN : 9780689821202
Throwing Shadows by E. L. Konigsburg Pdf
ALA Notable Book "Horn Book" Fanfare Winner of the International Children's Literature Association's 1999 Phoenix Award * A retired college president is determined to best a young beachcomber * A store manager accuses a boy of shoplifting * A tour guide strikes a bargain with an enterprising orphan * A boy recovering from a broken arm befriends an elderly woman in an old folks' home * A widow and her son seize an opportunity presented by a pair of antiques dealers In each of these extraordinary short stories from the perceptive pen of E. L. Konigsburg, a chance meeting between two people casts a shadow on what things have been and what they can become, and changes a life forever.