Kindred Souls. That's what Billy says he and his grandson Jake are. Jake's mom seems to think so, too. "When I see the two of you together," she tells Jake, "Sometimes I think you were born for him."Billy's job during summer vacation from school is to be with Billy. Since Billy likes "predictable," they take the same walk every morning, always ending up at the top of a rise on the farm where the old sod house used to stand -- the house where Billy was born. And predictable Billy always ends their conversation there by saying, "I miss that sod house."
One day Jake asks how a person cut a sod brick. Billy's eyes light up. "You could do it," he tells Jake. And before he realizes it, Jake has been given the task of building a sod house for his grandfather. Then there's the stray dog, whom Billy instantly names Lucy, and who plays a huge part in making Billy well after he get pneumonia.
Enough said about the story. This is a quick book, with strong characters, a bit of magical mystery and such a comfortable, down-to-earth story that I just felt all warm and happy after reading it. In a way, Billy and Jake remind me of my father-in-law and his only grandson in the kind of close relationship they shared. As Billy shows us, sometimes you something for someone, whether you want to or not, just because they ask you to.
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