This is reading number 3 of:
Without Mother Without Father trilogy
The book - Shadow and Shade
You know what I think of when I'm walking in the desert? A nice glass of lime and cucumber water.
This is reading number 2 of:

Without Mother Without Father trilogy
The book - Shadow and Shade
Gladiator with little kids. You can't make this stuff up.
This is reading number 1 of:
Without Mother Without Father trilogy
The book - Shadow and Shade
Sure, giving up a baby is sad. But the child was kind of ugly.
This poor blog has been a total red-headed stepchild for a while.
My apologies to anyone reading this who is a red head.
My double apologies to anyone who is both a red head and a stepchild.
If that is the case, then, wow, all I can say is wow. Please accept my offering of this Christmas story as recompense for any perceived unkindness in my words - or for the fact that you are a red-headed stepchild.