Hannah swallowed and noticed her throat was thick and dry. Two minutes passed. The song ended and there was silence. Deafening silence.
The sunlight was changing now, and shadows formed as evening drew near. In all ways that would matter to two teenage girls coming home from a mountain camping trip with their father, it couldn’t have been a nicer day in the suburbs of Los Angeles. Bright and warm, a sweet, gentle breeze sifted through the still full trees. Puffy clouds hung suspended in a clear blue sky, ripe with memories of lazy days and starry nights.
It was the last day of a golden summer break.
What could possibly go wrong on a day like this?
This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogues are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
WHERE YESTERDAY LIVES
published by Multnomah Books
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Published in association with the literary agency of
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© 1998 by Karen Kingsbury.
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Kingsbury, Karen.
Where yesterday lives / by Karen Kingsbury
p. cm. eISBN: 978-0-307-56863-2 I. Title.
PS3561.I483W595 1998 98-14323
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