Shep nuzzled my hands, my arms, my legs. He had found Ezra’s scent on me. He searched, sniffing out every inch that had connected me to Ezra.

Kneeling, I held the enormous head against my chest. The sun blurred as spikes of light splashed off my lashes.

At the edge of the upper woodlot, Muncie appeared. She waved in silent greeting. Reaching out to her, I waved back.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hesse, Karen.

Phoenix rising / Karen Hesse.

p. cm.

Summary: Thirteen-year-old Nyle learns about relationships and death when fifteen-year-old Ezra, who was exposed to radiation leaked from a nearby nuclear plant, comes to stay at her grandmother’s Vermont farmhouse.

[1. Nuclear power plants—Accidents—Fiction. 2. Death—Fiction. 3. Friendship—Fiction.] I. Title. II. Series.

PZ7.H4364Ph    1994      [Fic]—dc20      93-47301

ISBN: 978-1-4668-0133-2