The body in the casket is not her sister. That one thing is all Georgie is sure of. No one else believes her, so this stubborn young teen is going to prove it.
Georgia idolized her older sister, Agatha. She was sure the two of them would run the family’s general store together, but Agatha has other dreams. She wanted a real education, and Georgia thought her sister accepted Mr. Olmstead’s marriage proposal simply for his
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extensive library. Then Georgie did something really stupid. She revealed her sister's dalliance with neighbor Billy McCabe, and the wedding was called off.
Shortly after, the wild passenger pigeons arrived in town. Every March the birds came by thousands to nest, but this year the number of birds was the most ever. The pigeoners follow the birds, shooting thousands. And when the birds and pigeoners left, so did Agatha.
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