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Then I pull up the hood of my cloak and slip away into the autumn night. As I loop my arm through the hole, I take a last look at what has been my home for the past two days-the shovels, the bags of seed, the lone dirty window. I shake my head to clear it and tie the four corners of the canvas together. The wind, the rainstorms, the fires, the earth groaning and shaking. Will that make you happy?īut I know it won’t. My eyes grow hot and the roof shakes again.
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Townspeople running for shelter as the wind grew out of control-stronger, meaner, biting through cloaks and stealing hats, making everyone run for cover in fear.
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The little boy lifted into the air when it hit him in the chest. In the darkness behind my lids, all I can see is the shutter, pulling loose from the green and yellow house. I hold my breath and shut my eyes, begging the wind to leave me alone. The wind rattles the corrugated roof over my latest refuge, a shed behind a tool-and-seed store in a tiny village in the Farm. My head pounds as I shove everything I own-everything I’ve stolen-onto the flat threadbare piece of canvas. Sil’s Storyįorty-four years before the start of The Jewel. How did Sil, Violet’s new mentor in The White Rose, find her hidden home? Read about her journey through the Farm to discover what led her to the White Rose. Still reeling from that THE WHITE ROSE cliffhanger? Are you anxiously awaiting the thrilling conclusion to THE JEWEL series? Well, we’ve got some backstory for you: a sneak peek at the world before THE JEWEL began!