by Alexandria Rogers first appeared on Emily Romrell.]]> https://emilyromrell.com/the-witch-the-sword-and-the-cursed-knights/feed/ 0 16465 https://emilyromrell.com/hello-universe-by-erin-entrada-kelly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hello-universe-by-erin-entrada-kelly https://emilyromrell.com/hello-universe-by-erin-entrada-kelly/#respond Tue, 02 Nov 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=10708 Sometimes life calls on you even when you don't raise your hand.

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The post The Goose Girl By Shannon Hale first appeared on Emily Romrell.]]> https://emilyromrell.com/the-goose-girl-by-shannon-hale/feed/ 0 10317 https://emilyromrell.com/banner-in-the-sky-by-james-ramsey-ullman/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=banner-in-the-sky-by-james-ramsey-ullman https://emilyromrell.com/banner-in-the-sky-by-james-ramsey-ullman/#respond Tue, 10 Aug 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=9746 It is the ultimate wisdom of the mountains that a man is never more a man than when he is striving for what is beyond his grasp.

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The post The Cay by Theodore Taylor first appeared on Emily Romrell.]]> https://emilyromrell.com/the-cay-by-theodore-taylor/feed/ 0 8905 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.

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The post The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly first appeared on Emily Romrell.]]> https://emilyromrell.com/the-book-of-lost-things-by-john-connolly-2/feed/ 0 7398 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 Emily Romrell.]]> https://emilyromrell.com/wolf-hollow-by-lauren-wolk/feed/ 0 6385 https://emilyromrell.com/the-girl-who-drank-the-moon-by-kelly-barnhill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-girl-who-drank-the-moon-by-kelly-barnhill https://emilyromrell.com/the-girl-who-drank-the-moon-by-kelly-barnhill/#respond Sun, 28 Feb 2021 05:36:51 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=6372 How many feelings can one heart hold?... Infinite, Luna thought. The way the universe is infinite. It is light and dark and endless motion; it is space and time, and space within space, and time within time. And she knew: there is no limit to what the heart can carry.

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