Coming of Age | https://emilyromrell.com Tue, 21 Sep 2021 04:57:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://emilyromrell.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-2025VibrantLifewebsite-32x32.png Coming of Age | https://emilyromrell.com 32 32 142175226 The Goose Girl By Shannon Hale https://emilyromrell.com/the-goose-girl-by-shannon-hale/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-goose-girl-by-shannon-hale https://emilyromrell.com/the-goose-girl-by-shannon-hale/#respond Tue, 21 Sep 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=10317 Right now I'd like all my troubles to stand in front of me in a straight line, and one by one I'd give each a black eye.

The post The Goose Girl By Shannon Hale first appeared on .]]> https://emilyromrell.com/the-goose-girl-by-shannon-hale/feed/ 0 10317 The Cay by Theodore Taylor https://emilyromrell.com/the-cay-by-theodore-taylor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-cay-by-theodore-taylor https://emilyromrell.com/the-cay-by-theodore-taylor/#respond Thu, 17 Jun 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=8905 Friendship and courage between a young white boy and an elderly black man remind us that friendship is not only available to us if we are open to it, but that we need each other to survive.

The post The Cay by Theodore Taylor first appeared on .]]> https://emilyromrell.com/the-cay-by-theodore-taylor/feed/ 0 8905 The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow https://emilyromrell.com/the-ten-thousand-doors-of-january-by-alix-e-harrow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ten-thousand-doors-of-january-by-alix-e-harrow https://emilyromrell.com/the-ten-thousand-doors-of-january-by-alix-e-harrow/#respond Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=7476 I happen to believe every story is a love story if you catch it at the right moment, slantwise in the light of dusk.

The post The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow first appeared on .]]> https://emilyromrell.com/the-ten-thousand-doors-of-january-by-alix-e-harrow/feed/ 0 7476 Little Britches by Ralph Moody https://emilyromrell.com/little-britches-by-ralph-moody-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=little-britches-by-ralph-moody-2 https://emilyromrell.com/little-britches-by-ralph-moody-2/#respond Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=7440 A man's character is like his house. If he tears boards off his house and burns them to keep himself warm and comfortable, his house soon becomes a ruin. If he tells lies to be able to do the things he shouldn't do but wants to, his character will soon become a ruin. A man with a ruined character is a shame on the face of the earth.

The post Little Britches by Ralph Moody first appeared on .]]> https://emilyromrell.com/little-britches-by-ralph-moody-2/feed/ 0 7440 The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly https://emilyromrell.com/the-book-of-lost-things-by-john-connolly-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-book-of-lost-things-by-john-connolly-2 https://emilyromrell.com/the-book-of-lost-things-by-john-connolly-2/#respond Thu, 08 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=7398 Stories wanted to be read, David’s mother would whisper. They needed it. It was the reason they forced themselves from their world into ours. They wanted us to give them life.

The post The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly first appeared on .]]> https://emilyromrell.com/the-book-of-lost-things-by-john-connolly-2/feed/ 0 7398 Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk https://emilyromrell.com/wolf-hollow-by-lauren-wolk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wolf-hollow-by-lauren-wolk https://emilyromrell.com/wolf-hollow-by-lauren-wolk/#respond Wed, 24 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=6385 But then a better thought occurred, and this was the one I carried away with me that day: If my life was to be just a single note in an endless symphony, how could I not sound it out for as long and as loudly as I could?

The post Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk first appeared on .]]> https://emilyromrell.com/wolf-hollow-by-lauren-wolk/feed/ 0 6385 The Weight Of Salt by Sandra Montanino https://emilyromrell.com/the-weight-of-salt-by-sandra-montanino/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-weight-of-salt-by-sandra-montanino https://emilyromrell.com/the-weight-of-salt-by-sandra-montanino/#respond Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=6330 "...Books can become worn and faded but never grow old. Miguel de Cervantes teaches that everyone, regardless of nobility or peasantry, is important. It's a message of hope, and what is life without hope? Do you agree, Angelina?"

Angelina thought of all she wanted to accomplish in life. "Hope is everything," she said.

The post The Weight Of Salt by Sandra Montanino first appeared on .]]> https://emilyromrell.com/the-weight-of-salt-by-sandra-montanino/feed/ 0 6330 The Fault in Our Stars by John Green https://emilyromrell.com/faultinourstars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=faultinourstars https://emilyromrell.com/faultinourstars/#respond Mon, 03 Nov 2014 18:31:32 +0000 http://eclecticreadingroom.wordpress.com/?p=263 This is a book that asks the big questions of life. It uses cancer as the medium to bring about the masterpiece. The characters are fleshed out and they become real to you. You find yourself dealing with the heartaches and challenges they face alongside them in the story.

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