ZINNIA: You're supposed to eat the spinach. ![]() Oh, my gosh, Matilda, now look what you did! Had they paid any attention to her at all, they'd have realized she was a rather extraordinary child. ![]() NARRATOR: The Wormwoods were so wrapped up in their own silly lives that they barely noticed they had a daughter. HARRY: Get out of the street, you little dodos! NARRATOR: Harry and Zinnia Wormwood lived in a very nice neighborhood, in a very nice house.īut they were not really very nice people. What are they gonna do, repossess the kid? Most parents believe their children are the most beautiful creatures ever to grace the planet. One way or another, though, every human being is unique, for better or for worse. Some will only be really good at making Jell-O salad. Some will grow to be butchers or bakers or candlestick makers. You will have to use your back button to return or, bookmark our site now so you can return anytime.NARRATOR: Everyone is born, but not everyone is born the same. Related Areas Within Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Web Siteįollowing these links will take you off our web site. Read More in our Featured Book Teachers Guide with discussion questions, extension activities, related books and links. Now he's come to live with Uncle Jed who refused to take sides in the war and whom Will's family considered a traitor and a coward, a feeling shared by most of Jed's neighbors. His father fought bravely in the Confederate Army, his sisters died of a disease that Will is convinced was carried by the Yankees and his mother died soon afterward. Twelve-year-old Will's family in Winchester, Virginia has been wiped out in the Civil War. 160 pages.įind this book: Local Bookstore, Amazon, B&N
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