This Light Between Us: Prelude

by Andrew Fukuda
A Japanese-American boy and a French girl become unlikely pen pals during World War II.

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  1. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
    The snowcapped Sierra Nevada mountains loomed in the distance, stoic and stark.
  2. stark
    providing no shelter or sustenance
    The snowcapped Sierra Nevada mountains loomed in the distance, stoic and stark.
  3. barbed
    having or covered with protective points, spines, or thorns
    She appeared for but a few seconds; an ashy smear of light on the other side of the barbed fence.
  4. reverie
    absentminded dreaming while awake
    An optical illusion, he thought. A dusk-lit reverie of dancing dust playing tricks in the windswept plains.
  5. figment
    a contrived or fantastic idea
    Nothing more than a figment of his overripe, yearning, lonely imagination.
  6. yearn
    have a desire for something or someone who is not present
    Nothing more than a figment of his overripe, yearning, lonely imagination.
  7. scaffold
    provide with a temporary arrangement for support
    Because I've seen pictures of the Eiffel Tower, and it looks like they started building it, then realized how ugly it was going to turn out. So they just up and left. Nothing but the ugly metal scaffolding left behind.
  8. keen
    having or showing interest and intense desire
    Anyway, you don’t need to apologize about not liking strawberries. I'm not too keen on them myself.
  9. sow
    place seeds in or on the ground for future growth
    All my life I’ve planted them, sown them, picked them, harvested them, smelled them, sold them, eaten them.
  10. introvert
    a person who tends to shrink from social contacts
    Being shy and an “introvert” is no excuse for saying stupid, careless things.
Created on Thu Sep 09 10:42:49 EDT 2021 (updated Mon Sep 13 12:00:25 EDT 2021)

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