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Mar 12, 2018
When Jack meets Early at the boarding school in Maine, he finds him the strangest of boys. Early can read the language of numbers and is determined that they are telling him that his older brother, whose dog tags were returned to the family, is still alive. Early embarks on a trip along the Appalachian trail to find his long lost brother and a great black bear. So how is the unending number of pi connected to this quest that Jack joins? This is a quest of high adventure involving pirates and snakes and skeletons. But beneath it all is quest of the pain-filled heart to find its way back home. This book starts out quiet but it builds to a glorious conclusion in which our inter-connectedness is revealed as the great healer. Stick with this story. It is worth the journey.