The library had taken on a life of its own. It was a place where people connected. Sometimes, those conversations alone were enough to make a person leave with a smile on her face or walk a little bit lighter. But I had been so wrapped up in my drama with Terabithia that I hadn’t fully recognized the miracle that I had created . . . until it was all on the verge of falling apart. I was in danger of losing the library. And Shep. I couldn’t be there for Terabithia—financially or otherwise—unless I closed the library for good or gave it to Kendra. That was not something I could live with. My
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From the first moment Dodie popped into my head, she was an optimist. She'd had some losses and challenges in her life, but she had lived a sheltered life in many ways, and in part thanks to her family and friends, had this incredibly strong belief in the positive and in the good and in the possibilities. Her experience trying to adopt Terabithia tests her in ways she's never been tested before. (If she becomes a mother, that will test her in all new ways, too!)
