A Well-Timed EnchantmentIt's bad enough that Deanna has to waste her summer in France and her only friend is a mangy black cat, but now she's staring hopelessly into a magic well, trying to figure out what in the world to wish for. Before she can make a wish, the cat scratches her, her watch falls into the well, and then . . . so has she! Except that now she's plunged into a time travel adventure in medieval France, the cat is a handsome young man, and her watch has the

and the young family must face the hardships and triumphs encountered by so many American pioneers

to an extraordinary extent

“A memorable

Davis tackles the epic of Gilgamesh

and the healing powers of books

Julia Alvarez writes about the competition between her and her three sisters to be the best daughter as they tend to their ailing parents

One day Sadie looks up through a grate and sees a girl about her own age buying flowers

Posy wonders why all her romances have

“As resonant as a blues song

repeats their postwar journey

Politicians can find the swing voters among us

A number of Simmons's nearly effortless