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“Nevertheless, a strong case can be made that Washington was truly the spiritual, if not the biological, father of Thomas Posey.”
― General Thomas Posey: Son of the American Revolution
― General Thomas Posey: Son of the American Revolution
“According to Wilson, Washington's closeness to Posey continued longer after the war. 'In the hours of peace he found hours, weeks and months of pleasure in company with him.”
― General Thomas Posey: Son of the American Revolution
― General Thomas Posey: Son of the American Revolution
“Being able to return to the books was a sanctuary for my heart. And a joy bolted free, lessening my own grievances, forgiving spent youth and dying dreams lost to a hard life, the hard land, and to folks’ hard thoughts and partialities.”
― The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
― The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
“Books work from the inside out. They are a private conversation happening somewhere in the soul.”
― The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland
― The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland
“Because in real life, unlike in history books, stories come to us not in their entirety but in bits and pieces, broken segments and partial echoes, a full sentence here, a fragment there, a clue hidden in between. in life, unlike in books, we have to weave our stories out of threads as fine as the gossamer veins that run through a butterfly's wings.”
― The Island of Missing Trees
― The Island of Missing Trees
Kindred Spirits
— 327 members
— last activity Feb 01, 2026 11:59AM
Join us! We're a new group of devoted lovers of YA and Middle Grade books, with an emphasis on discovering/rediscovering classics. We'll be doing rea ...more
YA Reads for Teachers (And Any Other Adults!)
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— last activity Mar 02, 2026 06:13AM
We are a group of educators (teachers, media specialists / librarians, and home school teachers) parents and other adult fans of young adult and child ...more
The Spirit of Children's Literature
— 15 members
— last activity Jun 02, 2019 09:09PM
This is a group for people who love to read children's and young adult literature and want to discuss with others! This group will read books for youn ...more
Epic Reads Book Club
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— last activity Dec 15, 2021 09:11AM
Epic Reads Book Club is a discussion of one YA/teen lit title each month, across all genres. Here’s how it works: Read. Discuss. Repeat. Yup, it’s tha ...more
#BookClubFix
— 26 members
— last activity Aug 19, 2017 02:41PM
#BookClubFix is a light-hearted, fun club for lovers of historical fiction of all types. All are welcome to join us here, and also participate in our ...more
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