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The Boy on the Porch

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November 2013 Book of the Month   Award-winning Sharon Creech has an exceptional ability to write tenderly. In this touching modern fairy story she captures the rewards of love freely given to children. When John and Marta find a little boy asleep on their porch one morning they have no idea who has left him there. Nonetheless, they set about looking after him and name him Jacob. Jacob doesn’t speak but he communicates in other ways especially through music and art. As the weeks and months pass, John and Marta grow to love Jacob more and more. But they always know that he is not truly theirs. When Jacob is reclaimed Marta and John put their love into caring for other children. Their happiness grows and the children flourish and one day they are sure Jacob will return.

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