Throwing herself into learning helped Miri ignore the painful chill of solitude around her.

WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE: RAPUNZEL For horse thieving, kidnapping, jail breaking, and using her hair in a manner other than nature intended! REWARD

I don't know how you persist in being so stubborn-" "It's a superpower. I was bitten by a radioactive mule.

I let my head fall back, and I gazed into the Eternal Blue Sky. It was morning. Some of the sky was yellow, some the softest blue. One small cloud scuttled along. Strange how everything below can be such death and chaos and pain while above the sky is peace, sweet blue gentleness. I heard a shaman say once, the Ancestors want our souls to be like the blue sky.

Some people are born with the first word of a language resting on their tongue though it may take some time before they can taste it.

Personally, I believe “Young Adult” to be an arbitrary title that means the book "Can be enjoyed by anyone/Has a main character who’s not quite an adult/Isn’t really boring.

Throwing herself into learning helped Miri ignore the painful chill of solitude around her.