Read the excerpt from "daughter of invention".
yoyo didn't need much encouragement. she put her nose
to the fire, as her mother would have said, and read from
start to finish without looking up. when she concluded, she
was a little embarrassed at the pride she took in her own
words. she pretended to quibble with a phrase or two, then
looked questioningly to her mother. laura's face was
radiant. yoyo turned to share her pride with her father.