Beginnings
On Sundays, we do beginnings, taking a look at the start of a Peter Abrahams novel, including those written under the Spencer Quinn moniker. We’ve been looking at the middle-grade Echo Falls series – unlike the Chet and Bernie series, Echo Falls should probably be read in sequence. Today, #3, Into the Dark, but instead of the beginning, here’s a little bit of Mr. Sidney, the old school bus driver, talking to Ingrid and her friend Ty about Bataan, which of course is all new to them.
“Very next morning they had us on the road to the prison camp. Not going to talk about the Death March – you can look it up. Not going to talk about the starvation, or the disease, the heat, or what happened to anybody who lagged behind, even to drink from a mud puddle.”
“What happened to them?” said Ty.
“What did I just say?” said Mr. Sidney.
[“I’ve read the two previous Echo Falls mysteries featuring Ingrid (Down the Rabbit Hole and Behind the Curtain) and enjoyed them, but I think this one may be the best of all.”
– Claire Rosser, KLIATT (starred review)]
Tags: Bataan Death March, Echo Falls, Into The Dark
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10:48 am on October 25th, 2020
Grisly.
Good morning all.
7:31 pm on October 25th, 2020
Greetings!
This opening reminds me of some of the dreams I’ve had…
7:41 pm on October 25th, 2020
Pumpkin!…My friend brought in her pumpkin she bought for the Pumpkin Carving Contest at the library….snort!…It is sitting here beside my computer right now. She says it needs to warm up before she starts to attempt to carve it tomorrow afternoon….grunt!
Photoz!…She will take a Before and After and At Night photo. So maybe Rose will be kind enough to post them on this here blog once she is finished with the whole ordeal…wheeze!
PS: ….She is afraid she will botch it big-time…wuffle!…She hasn’t carved a pumpkin in about 30 some years…groan!sneeze!
9:04 pm on October 25th, 2020
RIO! I would be happy to post photoz of the carved pumpkin!
9:17 pm on October 25th, 2020
Rose!…That is very good news! So stay tuned tomorrow night…snorkel!
Design!…She sort of has a design in mind. To go Goofy or to go Scary…This is the question…grunt!…Hell I just hope she gets the top off and can clean it out…wheeze!
9:20 pm on October 25th, 2020
Videos!…She and I have watched numerous pumpkin caring and sculpting videos on youtube today…gasp!…These are ALL over my friends current abilities. So therefore….I am not expecting her to win or even place in this contest…wuffle!concern!
9:28 pm on October 25th, 2020
News!…Maybe. We’ve been watching “Life Below Zero – The Next Generation”…snort!…And Brent Sass is on this first season. Yes! He seems like such a great guy. I hope he really is who he seems to be…chuffle!…Anyway, check it out if you haven’t already guys…sneeze!
10:26 pm on October 25th, 2020
Good day all. I am late today on the blog.
Sadie has been eating leftovers in the cats’ food dishes. The last two days when I’ve fed Sadie, Mr. Big has stomped over and started eating her food. Then when he walks away, Sadie won’t eat her food because of “cat cooties.” lol
11:04 pm on October 25th, 2020
“cat cooties”. We are laughing our fannies off!