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WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND

Posted on 09/28/201805/04/2020by HEATHER KING
WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND

One of my favorite books as a kid was Whistle Down the Wind (1958) by Mary Hayley Bell. In it, three children from a working-class English village find an escaped criminal in the barn and think he’s Jesus. Here’s how the story starts: “I am ten, and they call me Brat. Of course, that isn’t […]

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