ON THE ROAD TO MR. MINEO’S by Barbara O’ConnorĀ (Farrar Straus Giroux, 2012) Stella wants a dog and her parents won’t hear of it. So it’s not surprising that when a one-legged pigeon flaps and taps its way to Meadville, South Carolina landing on the tin roof of the shed Stella and her friend, Gerald,… Read more »