At the time that Ailin was born in China, all young girls had to have their feet bound, and only boys got to go to school. Ailin has a long struggle to break free of the traditional rules that bind Chinese girls. Once you ve wound up a clock, there s something frightful in the way it keeps going at its own relentless pace. Its hands move around the wheel as if they had a mind of their own.
Some stories are like that.
Once you ve wound them up, nothing will stop them. Jerry Spinelli Everyone calls John Crash even his parents. Ever since Crash got his first football helmet, everyone knew he d be star. Crash loved football and he loved to win and nothing could get in the way of that, except for his oddball neighbor, Penn.