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The Whelk and the Drill
a book of the shell that carries a hole and of the kite that turns with the wind
William Vincent Carleton
A knobbed whelk carries a small round hole, drilled long ago, and Lúmine holds it and looks at the place where the drill went in. Líam learns how a kite can turn with the wind. A shore book about how things are shaped by what meets them, and about the stories a shell keeps.
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