* "Beautifully effective." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review * "Deeply profound... compelling... emotionally resonant." -- School Library Journal, starred review * "Elevating the life of an ephemeral object to the time scale of love across generations." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review From a tall tree growing in the forest-- to the checkout counter at the grocery store-- one little bag finds its way into the hands of a young boy on the eve of his first day of school. And so begins an incredible journey of one little bag that is used and reused and reused again. In a three-generation family, the bag is transporter of objects and keeper of memories. And when Grandfather comes to the end of his life, the family finds a meaningful new way for the battered, but much-loved little bag to continue its journey in the circle of life

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