49 pages 1 hour read

Neela Vaswani, Silas House

Same Sun Here

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

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Google News Item-January 2009

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Boulders from the Town Mountain coal mining site crashed into River’s middle school during basketball practice, and five boys were injured, including River’s best friend, Mark. The boulders came from the mountaintop removal site, and the school buildings will need to be completely rebuilt. Mawmaw’s activist group is now motivated to fight even harder against the coal mining company. 

December 23, 2008, 3:18pm, Email Summary

Meena saw the news story and is worried about River. She decides to send an email in hopes of getting a quick response that he is ok.

December 23, 2008 Email, 6:45pm, Email Summary

River is unharmed, but his friend Mark’s leg is severely injured, and the doctors say he will never play basketball again. The boulder that hit the gym weighed three tons, and it was a scary experience for River.

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