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...tree so withered and broken that only a single scarred branch is still struggling heavenwards. Yet all life has not gone: a tiny leaf, green against the cerulean blue of the sky, stubbornly clings to a twig. For the circle of burka-clad women huddling around the forlorn trunk in the hot, dusty sunshine, it is a sign of hope...
...Partners, it resembles a giant steel-and-glass egg tilting in the wind. Inside, the spiral staircase at its core seems to float in midair, and the meeting chamber offers breathtaking IMAX-like views of the river. On the roof, solar panels provide power and the building's green credentials...
...both milestones that are many years distant for your young readers. Why did you decide to take the story in this direction? -Kathryn Blackley, Jamesville, N.Y.To me, the story was realistic. Things do change, you do grow up, and the world changes. Maybe an influence was the Anne of Green Gables series, which is one of my favorites because it didn't end at the wedding. It wasn't a kiss and then everything was happily ever after. [The main characters] were married for years and they had kids and then their kids had stories. I really liked the book...
...fastest-growing tourist destination in the world. Billboards promising "choice properties" in Russian Cyrillic script line the avenues of coastal towns like Becici. Property prices have shot up, rising as much as fivefold in Tivat over the past five years. A building boom, meanwhile, is gobbling up green space. Pavle Jurlina, a pharmacist in Tivat, says his cousin just sold off land that had been in the family for more than 150 years, ever since his great-great-grandfather bought it with profits from prospecting for gold in California. Ratkovic, the tourism professor, says Montenegro's government needs...
...know, it is very interesting. I think that the commentary about me kind of swings back and forth between this wildly idealistic, pie-in-the-sky, green-behind-the-ears kid who doesn't know how tough the world is and this fiercely calculating politician who has been ruthlessly pursuing power over the last several years. You know, neither caricature is true...