the romeo and juliet code by phoebe stone

Felicity is very aware of being a British child, and she frequently writes in her journal that “on the whole, British children are….”forgiving,” and “proper.” It’s a demeanor that Felicity finds harder and harder to maintain.

America isn’t in the war yet, but England is being bombed. Twelve-year-old Felicity Bathburn Budwig, raised in 1940s London, is being dropped off in Maine by her parents – whom she calls Winnie and Danny – to stay with her grandmother and assorted other relatives. Instead of hormones and popularity, we get secret codes and intercultural clashes. The pleasure of this book is its carefully constructed unexpectedness.

(Extra parking at the Methodist church across the street.You’ll look at the title and the cover – blue-jean-clad legs, pink sneakers and black sneakers, a blanket on the grass – and think: star-crossed young lovers. This free event will be held at 52 North Pleasant Street (just two houses North of the Methodist church on the opposite side) The studio/gallery is in the carriage barn behind the peach colored house with a fence around it. Her books include When the Wind Bears Go Dancing, What Night Do the Angels Wander and All the Blue Moons at the Wallace Hotel. Her work has been exhibited widely and appears in many corporate and private collections. But Paris is full of surprises for the Beanly sisters, from anonymous bouquets waiting on their doorstep to the discovery of a mysterious old doll and clues about their grandmother’s life in France during World War II.Ībout the author: Phoebe Stone, a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, is an award-winning artist who has received two Council on the Arts fellowships for painting. Pet is trying to get over a broken heart and to add to her romantic drama, the object of her unrequited crush is going to be in Paris with his family, too.

Twelve-year-old Petunia Beanly and her fourteen-year-old sister Ava are at odds about their family’s move to Paris - though the city seems magical to glamour girl Ava, shy Pet would rather be anywhere else. We will have refreshments, new artwork on display and Phoebe Stone will read from her new book, Paris for Two, at 3 p.m.Ībout the book: Stone weaves together the tales of two sisters and two generations in her latest charming middle grade novel, Paris for Two. Acclaimed Vermont author Phoebe Stone will open her Middlebury studio Saturday afternoon, 2 to 5 p.m., May 21!

The romeo and juliet code by phoebe stone