Playing Beatie Bow

Abigail Kirk was a miserable, self-absorbed fourteen-year-old, angry at her parent’s separation, until one day, Abigail decided to take Natalie and Vincent Crown, her next door neighbours children to the playground. The children there are playing a game called “Beatie Bow”. Natalie sees a little furry girl off in the distance and wonders why she is not playing too. Abigail and Natalie attempt to talk to her, but she runs away. The next day she gets in a fight with her mother over her father coming home after a few years of separation, Abigail walks to the playground and se

When Beatie Bow hears voices of young children calling her name, she cannot resist but see who they are. Thus, she never expected to be sent forward in time to 1973 and see that these children are playing a game named after her. When Abigail tries to talk to her, she runs away. Abigail follows and is transported back into Beatie’s time, 1873. Beatie’s family takes Abigail in after her being hurt by Mr Bow accidentally and after telling Abigail what year it is Beatie makes her promise not to tell the rest of the family where she came from, for they will say she has ‘the gift’. Beatie says she doesn’t want it, and is afraid of what it does.

While confronting Gibbie Bow, the youngest Bow who the family believe will die, Abigail considers her love for Judah and while out sailing with him and Beatie, Judah kisses her. This makes Beatie furious. When they return to shore, they find the Bow house and sweet shop on fire. Abigail rushes in and saves Dovey, who takes care of most of the housework in the household and has been especially nice to Abigail. She also saves Gibbie, who thinks it was time for him to die. Abigail forces him out the window, and had then done what she was sent to do. She was now able to return home, so she put on the clothes she wore when arriving in 1873, and with the blessings of Granny Tallisker, returns home. While doing so she thought of how she will miss the Bow and Tallisker family, and she also thought of her love for Jud

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