Throwing Shadows

ALA Notable Book "Horn Book" Fanfare Winner of the International Children's Literature Association's 1999 Phoenix Award * A retired college president is determined to best a young beachcomber * A store manager accuses a boy of shoplifting * A tour guide strikes a bargain with an enterprising orphan * A boy recovering from a broken arm befriends an elderly woman in an old folks' home * A widow and her son seize an opportunity presented by a pair of antiques dealers In each of these extraordinary short stories from the perceptive pen ofE. L. Konigsburg, a chance meeting between two people casts a shadow on what things have been and what they can become, and changes a life forever.Konigsburg, E. L. is the author of 'Throwing Shadows ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781416949596 and ISBN 1416949593.