Twelve-year-old Ava Anderson does too.
What would happen if she found a magical pencil?
What if that magical pencil could tell her ALL THE ANSWERS?
As Ava fiddles with the pencil, she learns that sometimes it's best not to know all the answers.
Some questions are better off unanswered.
Ava had to learn that the hard way.
The bad thing about Ava is that she asks herself too many 'what if' questions. What if her parents want to get divorced? What if she falls of the high-wire and her harness isn't clipped right and she falls twenty feet to the ground? What if she fails on her math test?
Having the pencil could've been a good thing.
Having the pencil could've been a bad thing.
Having the pencil was fun.
Having the pencil made Ava half scared to death.
Having the pencil was a big lesson.
What things will she learn?
What will be the consequence of knowing those things?
Kate Messner knows. She will tell you.
(All the Answers by Kate Messner.)
