![]() ![]() The children never went to the country or a lake in the summer, the way their friends did, because their father was dead and their mother worked very hard on the other newspaper, the one almost nobody on the block took. Martha was the youngest, and very difficult. ![]() ![]() This will give you some idea of what Jane and Katharine were like. And the others knew she was, too, by now, because ever since that day Katharine would keep boasting about what a comfort she was, and how docile, until Jane declared she would utter a piercing shriek and fall over dead if she heard another word about it. She knew she was a comfort, and docile, because she'd heard her mother say so. Katharine was the middle girl, of docile disposition and a comfort to her mother. Jane was the oldest and Mark was the only boy, and between them they ran everything. It began one day in summer about thirty years ago, and it happened to four children. The only problem is that only half of Jane's wish comes true. Adventures to Read All Through the SummerĮverything about Jane's summer changes after she finds a coin on the street that grants wishes, in this title recommended by librarian Nancy Pearl on Morning Edition. ![]()
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