![]() ![]() In fact, Rory has made a chart of BIG THINGS and SMALL THINGS that she will FINALLY get to do when she turns twelve, some of which she has been waiting for for years. Having grown up the child of two frugal young parents with ideas about discipline that will seem strict and overly anxious to many readers, Rory is anxiously awaiting her twelfth birthday, one that will bring privileges with it that many of her friends have been enjoying for years. Even though she tries to tell the woman this, she gets this cryptic advice before being yanked out of her tight spot, "You won't get what you want, Rory Swenson, until you see what you need." But, Rory knows exactly what she needs. ![]() When the old woman ask Rory what the universe might want her to pause and reflect upon, she is mystified since she leads such a boring life. ![]() When a strange old woman finds her, she gets a mysterious warning before being hauled out of the drainpipe. When we first meet Rory Swenson she is stuck in a drainpipe at the Willow Falls Reservoir where her sixth grade class has gone for yet another field trip. ![]()
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