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The long shadow

The long shadow

When Alice Sanborn and best friend Jerushah cross paths with a bounty hunter in 1850 in rural northern Vermont, the teens stage a daring rescue.

2018

Stories

Looking for the Light 4: Spooky Times

Three weeks until Halloween. I’m already shivering.

Oct 6

Looking for the Light 4: Spooky Times

Oct 6

Preparing Winter Warmth, Vermont Style (LL, Ch. 3)

It’s October in Vermont, and I’m waiting for twenty bales of straw to be delivered. No, not for gardening, but for warmth. I’ll explain.

Oct 1

Preparing Winter Warmth, Vermont Style (LL, Ch. 3)

Oct 1

Looking for the Light, Ch. 2: Apples

2

Sep 26

Looking for the Light, Ch. 2: Apples

Sep 26

Looking for the Light

[It’s time to pull together all the searching of the past few years — the recaps of trauma and triumph — and make it into a real book…

Sep 24

Looking for the Light

Sep 24

The Possibility of More Flooding

Here in Vermont’s scenic Northeast Kingdom, we used to say there were more cows than people. That’s no longer true — the changes in dairy…

Aug 7

The Possibility of More Flooding

Aug 7

Vermont After the 2024 Flood (a Northeast Kingdom Reflection)

The immediate losses after the rains of July 10–11 were huge and heartbreaking. Two men died, one a 33-year-old dad, one aged 73. I didn’t…

Jul 27

Vermont After the 2024 Flood (a Northeast Kingdom Reflection)

Jul 27

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Code Like A Girl

The Power of Play: How Blocks and Curiosity Build Math Minds

Building Math and Science Thinkers

Jul 8

The Power of Play: How Blocks and Curiosity Build Math Minds

Jul 8

Stepping Out of the Trauma Tango

A year and a half after my husband’s very expected death, I lost the capacity to hold onto a decision.

Jul 1

Stepping Out of the Trauma Tango

Jul 1

Money, Fear, Anger — and Love

When my sons were in high school, we often hosted Japanese students at our very working-class home. A single mom, working from home…

May 26

Money, Fear, Anger — and Love

May 26

My House Arrived on Two Trailers

The house was mine: a boxy cabin with a wide front porch and a sweet kitchen, and a real bedroom and bathroom.

May 11

My House Arrived on Two Trailers

May 11

BethKanell

BethKanell

Book Author

Braiding loss, joy, love. Award-winning author of YA adventures like This Ardent Flame; The Long Shadow, more. bethkanell.blogspot.com; member SinC, NBCC.

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