Even as an adult, I felt a guilty pleasure whenever the floor oscillated with the earth”. At some point, I’d stopped connecting that feeling to Billy, but it never went away. When ever the earth shook, I became excited once the confusion subsided. That was the best gift Billy gave me as a child. “ The earth had moved here, beneath my feet, and that meant Billy wouldn’t have to travel to some other distant land to study the damage. Joanie clung tightly to Miranda shaking and scared, but everyone was safe & sound. There were aftershocks- broken glass on their hardwood floor - and the kids had bare feet. Mom and dad were screaming that they needed to get out of the house. They were asleep when startled by books falling off the shelves. Her best friend, Joanie was sleeping over. It was one of those nights in Southern California that everyone remembered. Miranda had remembered the Northridge earthquake. He taught her about the world and how it collided and evolved, and how their lives were shaped by the movements at the earth. He taught her almost everything she knew… giving her lessons in geology and biology and evolution disguised in adventures. And when she was too old to believe in superheroes, she still believed in Billy. Miranda, the daughter of Prospero, was her mother’s favorite female literary character.Īs a small child, Miranda thought of her Uncle Billy as her superhero. Her mother tells her that she was named after one of the main characters in Shakespeare’s play ‘The Tempest’. Miranda grew up in Southern California as an only child. It didn’t matter whether or not it was sad”. THIS BOOK IS AS DELICIOUS AS HOMEMADE PEACH ICE CREAM!.with mystery-literary clues sprinkled on top!!!
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