"'You don't sing anymore,' he said. He said it harshly. Not because he meant to, but because he had been thinking of it for so long. 'Why?' he asked more gently." Chapter 1, pg. 7

"'One thing,' I said in the quiet of the room.

'What's that?' asked Papa, looking up.

I put my arm around Caleb.

'Ask her if she sings,' I said." Chapter 1, pg. 10

"Papa read it to himself. Then he smiled, holding up the letter for us to see.

Tell them I sing was all it said." Chapter 2, pg. 15

"'The cat will be good in the barn,' said Papa. 'For mice.'

Sarah smiled. 'She will be good in the house, too."' Chapter 3, pg. 19

"My father did not see her look, but I did. And I knew that Caleb had seen it, too. Sarah was not smiling. Sarah was already...