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| The Haunted Pavilion |
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| Sing To Me Papa |
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| Ten Going Twelve |
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| Beyond the Greenest Hill |
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| A Tinkling Cymbal |
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| Weekend on the Moon: Essays of a Traveler |
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| The Seventh Port |
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| The Port of No Return |
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| Pedro and Mac |
Patricia's Library
Other Works: By Patricia Mccune Irvine
Patricia McCune Irvine
has also written articles and short stories
that has mostly appeared as
a special to
The Los Angeles Times Article Collection
has also written articles and short stories
that has mostly appeared as
a special to
The Los Angeles Times Article Collection
The Big Race By Patricia McCune Irvine: March 09, 2005
Part 3: Excerpt
"The story so far: Chuck is dead last in the big race and kids are laughing and calling him Chubbo."
"You'd better hurry up, Chubbo. You're going to be lapped."
And then laughter.
Well, Chuck couldn't stop right then with everyone laughing at him. And he wondered what being lapped meant.
He found out soon enough.
He heard noise behind him. Josh, Chris and Matt were neck and neck on their second lap around the field. And Chuck hadn't even finished the first. Mr. Ray had said it was a long way. He was right. Now Chuck wanted not only to quit, he wanted to hide. His eyes stung. He couldn't help crying. So now, on top of being a no-good runner, he was a big baby too.
But all the time he kept his heavy legs moving. Up and down. Up and down. Even when Josh, Chris and Matt whizzed past him and stirred the dust again.
"Hey, Chub, you just got lapped!" yelled Davey and Peter. But Chuck was surprised to see them flopped on the ground at the fourth turn and breathing hard.
They'd quit the race! Davey and Peter had quit the race! Why did they do that? Had they been lapped, too? Chuck gulped in a huge breath as a surge of energy rolled through him.
"So did you get lapped, too?" Chuck yelled back at them. "Is that why you quit?"
For a moment Chuck felt elated and finished the first lap with a burst of strength. One more lap to go. Could he do it?
Thursday: Will Chuck join Davey and Peter on the sidelines?
Look for Thursday's Kids' Reading Room in the middle of Weekend Calendar with the comics.
This story is on The Times' website at latimes.com/kids as with all other articles found below.
Carlos the Coach By Patricia McCune Irvine
Homerun Howie By Patricia McCune Irvine
A gift from Gillie By Patricia McCune Irvine
A friend from Megan By Patricia McCune Irvine
The yellow cap By Patricia McCune Irvine
A day from Grand Daddy By Patricia McCune Irvine
A change in his life By Patricia Mccune Irvine
The Boy Next Door By Patricia Mccune Irvine
Sing to Me, Papa by Patricia McCune Irvine
Because of her beloved papa's allegiance to Germany during WWII, Gretchen Mueller is a German in America and an American in Germany. Through the years, many painful events are overcome with the help of new friends, neighbors and a tender reconciliation.
The Haunted Pavilion: And Other Short Stories by Patricia McCune Irvine
The Haunted Pavilion is a collection of nine Patricia McCune Irvine short stories for girls, ranging from ghosts in the pavilion, a rescue at Breakwater Beach, the night the town clock struck thirteen, to the mystery of the piñata, an unusual flight of Santa Claus at Christmas time, and others.
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Ten Going On Twelve by Patricia McCune Irvine
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Beyond The Greenest Hill: A Fairy Tale by Patricia McCune Irvine
Princess Loralyn lives in the large stone Palace with her father, King Bevan, her mother, Queen Avia, and her younger brother, Galen, who will some day be the king. Loralyn desires not only to learn the secret of what a lovely princess is and to understand the task of becoming one, but wishes to visit her very own valley, north beyond the Greenest Hill, which also seems impossible. As time passes, she meets the Simple Ones who fear a Dragon in the forest, the wise River Lady who tries to help, and the princes who come one by one to win the hand in marriage of the lovely princess—a fairy tale.
A Tinkling Cymbal by Patricia McCune Irvine
Following the mysterious circumstances of her birth Lark Henlon struggles to understand the meaning of Life and Love.
Weekend on the Moon: Essays for The Traveler by Patricia McCune Irvine
Weekend on the Moon is a potpourri of travel essays on the Philippines, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Patmos (Greece), Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bruges (Belgium), Ireland and China. Thoughts and views, sights and memories, of both unique and familiar places, forever hold intact the beauty, nostalgia, sometimes heartbreak, but also fun and laughter from many years of traveling the world.
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The Seventh Port by Patricia McCune Irvine
This is a romantic suspense of jewel smuggling, kidnapping and murder which occur during a South American Christmas cruise. Karen Stewart with the help of Charlie Webber from the U.S. Consulate in Buenos Aires have only twelve days to solve the mystery of the disappearance of Marguerita Phillips and learn the identity of the mastermind behind the jewel thefts.
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The Port of No Return by Patricia McCune Irvine
Lori Stewart accepts the offer from her boss at the newspaper to travel on a Baltic Sea cruise, and to pose as a Secret Agent's wife, a man she's never met. She feels exhilarated and even a little noble. Their assignment is to rescue Alex Stepenski, trapped in Russia and in immediate danger. But other forces know of their mission, forces that will stop at nothing to prevent the escape of Alex Stepenski--even if it means murdering Lori.
Pedro and Mac by Patricia McCune Irvine
This is the story of Maclovio Lopez and Peter Scott, both eleven, during one summer at Big Bay Island. Maclovio, of Mexican descent, is a foster child in the Scott home. For different reasons, each boy is wary of the other, feels threatened by the other, and each in turn is defensive and aggressive. Their angers, frustrations and torments, as well as their devotion to T-Bone, the beautiful collie dog, plus their fun adventures to a dangerous jetty, an old 'castle', foggy dunes and a deserted canal, eventually bring them to mutual understanding and respect. Both come to realize they are not so different under the skin after all, and each has finally earned the trust of the other. They are at last friends.>>>PostedBy:Http://www.MyBookPublicist.com/
