I have requested The sunflower forest by Torey Hayden, but it will probably be a little bit before it is sent from the other library in the system to my local branch, and then a bit longer before I get to it. Please leave it for me to scan unless I write to the list saying I've had some problem with it. I haven't read any of her books, but they sound like they might be very interesting. This one seems to be a little different because it is fiction and about a 17-year-old girl, not a child she has taught. Sarah Van Oosterwijck http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity/