Misha Crews

Love stories about old houses and family secrets.

It’s hard to say for certain what my absolute favorite book was from childhood, but the one that stands out the most is Pete’s Dragon, by Jean Bethell. It’s about an orphan named Pete, his dragon Elliot, and their adventures in the fictional Maine town of Passamaquoddy. I remember this book dearly because it was …

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Friday, May 23, 2014 I was hoping to get this post up yesterday, in honor of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 155th birthday. But it’s never a bad time to share a good book, right? And in this case, the “good book” is actually a collection of stories about the greatest fictional detective of all time. …

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