INTO THE WIND WILLIAM LOIZEAUX with illustrations by Laura Jacobsen BOOKS ONE ELM BOOKS Egremont Massachusetts
CHAPTER 1 Hazel Hey kid a gravelly voice called from behind me Startled I turned from bailing the afternoon’s rain out of my sailboat and saw this creepy old lady about fi fteen feet away on the dock not far from where I’d left my bike She was sitting in a wheelchair and looking straight at me Kid she called again rolling right up to my boat and touching it with the toes of her rubber-soled shoes Th is boat is it yours I recognized her though I didn’t know her name She owned the Art Barn a tiny garage on Main Street where she sold her paintings of the beach and the bay to the vacationers who take the ferry to our island from the mainland Yes I said And I almost said Would you get your feet off my boat Will you take me out in it she asked Up close like that she looked scary her pink scalp showing 1
