6/19/2023 0 Comments Navigating early book![]() ![]() En route, Early spins out Pi’s evolving saga, and the boys encounter memorable individuals and adventures that uncannily parallel those in the stories. Jack accompanies Early in one of the school crew team’s rowing boats on what Jack believes is his friend’s fruitless quest to find a great bear allegedly roaming the wilderness-and Early’s brother, a legendary figure reportedly killed in battle. He quickly befriends Early Auden, a savant whose extraordinary facility with numbers allows him to “read” a story about “Pi” from the infinite series of digits that follow 3.14. ![]() Thirteen-year-old Jack enters boarding school in Maine after his mother’s death at the end of World War II. Returning to themes she explored so affectingly in Moon Over Manifest (2011), Newbery Medalist Vanderpool delivers another winning picaresque about memories, personal journeys, interconnectedness-and the power of stories. ![]()
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