Sophie’s Secret (2009)
Sophie’s Secret
“She imagined. I can’t be Antoinette AND be an archaeologist, she thought. But I can be LIKE Antoinette and Captain John Smith: I will be a pioneer for all that has more good than evil.
Then she dreamed some more until she came up with the perfect name: Dr. Demetria Diggerty.
Of course, Sophie knew she would have to give Dr. Diggerty more than just a name, and to do that she needed quiet time in her room. So it really didn’t bother her that almost as soon as they got back to the house late that afternoon, she heard Aunt Bailey and Lacie go off to the movies without inviting her. What DID bother her was that the minute the house was quiet, with Mama and Zeke off to the grocery store to buy stuff for supper and Uncle Preston dozing in front of a football game on TV, Daddy came immediately to Sophie’s room.
Sophie curled WAY up on the purple rug in the library corner of her room. Daddy didn’t waste any words. He didn’t even sit down.
“Look,” he said, pointing at her from his towering heig...ht, “I’m trying to understand you, Sophie.MoreLess
Then she dreamed some more until she came up with the perfect name: Dr. Demetria Diggerty.
Of course, Sophie knew she would have to give Dr. Diggerty more than just a name, and to do that she needed quiet time in her room. So it really didn’t bother her that almost as soon as they got back to the house late that afternoon, she heard Aunt Bailey and Lacie go off to the movies without inviting her. What DID bother her was that the minute the house was quiet, with Mama and Zeke off to the grocery store to buy stuff for supper and Uncle Preston dozing in front of a football game on TV, Daddy came immediately to Sophie’s room.
Sophie curled WAY up on the purple rug in the library corner of her room. Daddy didn’t waste any words. He didn’t even sit down.
“Look,” he said, pointing at her from his towering heig...ht, “I’m trying to understand you, Sophie.MoreLess
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