where the forest meets the stars glendy vanderah

I eventually automatically started replacing it with other ways it could have been written, mentally. It would pull me out of the story way too often. lol Yes, the overuse of the words, '_' said was an issue for me too. The classification is what will satisfy my view on which. Yes there were some, what could be considered, repetitive aspects, but they were told in slightly different ways at times to keep an element of causing people to at times wonder, 'Perhaps the other 'version' is true.' I can usually easily figure things out about a story, but this was one that truly kept me switching what I believed was going on, and I could easily go with either one after finishing the story. The classification can be an indicator of which is true. It depends on which story version you believe. I can see why this is classified as science fiction, and why others do not. When it finally catches up to them, all of their painful secrets will be forced into the open, and their fates will be left to the stars.Įnjoyable. As the summer nears an end and Ursa gets closer to her fifth miracle, her dangerous past closes in. Though the three have formed an incredible bond, they know difficult choices must be made. How does a young girl not only read but understand Shakespeare? Why do good things keep happening in her presence? And why aren’t Jo and Gabe checking the missing children’s website anymore?

But the more time they spend together, the more questions they have. Jo enlists the help of her reclusive neighbor, Gabriel Nash, to solve the mystery of the charming child. With concerns about the child’s home situation, Jo reluctantly agrees to let her stay - just until she learns more about Ursa’s past. The girl calls herself Ursa, and she claims to have been sent from the stars to witness five miracles.

She throws herself into her work from dusk to dawn, until her solitary routine is disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin barefoot and covered in bruises. In this gorgeously stunning debut, a mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again.Īfter the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. An Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post bestseller, and a Goodreads Choice Award finalist.

Where the forest meets the stars glendy vanderah