Just before B period: “I’m being dress coded?” My high soprano of a voice echoed off the otherwise empty halls. I was standing by the lockers, my B period class three feet away, and my attitude...

A Daisy for Hannah Jane Chapter XXVI I could not utter a single syllable. Mrs. Caroline Chauldings is “fatally ill.” How was it that I hadn’t noticed anything amiss? I bet Jamison did.   Jamison...

A Daisy for Hannah Jane Chapter XXV FOUR MONTHS LATER •DECEMBER 1917 • I woke to Harriet’s soft singing, her own harmony mixing with the fragile melody she sang. Blinking my still-heavy eyelids...

A Daisy for Hannah Jane Chapter XXIV The sky was overcast and so was my mind, whirling with the ferocious gusts outside. Burdened with the news, Grandmother and I climbed into the elaborate carriage,...

A Daisy for Hannah Jane Chapter XXIII Everyone and everything, from the church belltower beyond our dirt roads to the fish in the neighbors’ pond, was just plain fine. All seemed right in the world. The...

A Daisy for Hannah Jane Chapter XXII Jamison’s search for what has now been deemed as “the men” continued. He ate, breathed, and slept all things detective. Boy, was I a fortunate female. But...

 A Daisy for Hannah Jane Chapter XXI It was just a normal Thursday morning when Jamison gave us his announcement. The newlyweds were back, and I insisted they join us as we ate a quiet, hearty breakfast....

Helen’s father was trying to get himself killed in the most exotic way possible. The world's worst midlife had resulted in her sitting in the middle of the arctic ocean in a tiny wooden kayak. She...

The most prominent memory I have is scribbling my 7-year-old handwriting on my first library card. It felt official and good beneath my hands as I wrote my own name, as I yearned to be older and feel some...

 A Daisy for Hannah Jane Chapter XX “She said what?” “I know. I’m so, so sorry. I never m-m-meant to put this kind of pressure on you. Not in a th-thousand years would I force you into an...

 A Daisy for Hannah Jane PART III Chapter XIX I watched Caleb and Harriet, touched. They were a blessed couple in many ways: First, they had loved each other since their youth. Second, they had somehow...

A Daisy for Hannah Jane Chapter XVII Jamison and Hannah Jane tried everything they could to help Harriet Beatrice Kimbley. The smelling salts were of no use and nothing else could aid the suffering woman. Hannah...