The official start date for fall in the Northern Hemisphere is Monday, September 22, 2025, which is marked by the autumnal equinox. This is the astronomical start of fall and occurs when the sun crosses the celestial equator.
Date: Monday, September 22, 2025
Event: The autumnal equinox
Significance: The sun is directly above the equator, resulting in nearly equal amounts of daylight and darkness.
Holidays: all holidays include Labor Day, Indigenous Peoples' Day, Halloween, Veterans Day, and Thanksgiving in the United States. Other global holidays celebrated in autumn are Día de los Muertos in Mexico, and Sukkot and Rosh Hashanah in Jewish tradition.
Giving Thanks for ALL the Things!
"Small Spaces" by Katherine Arden
After suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie who only finds solace in books discovers a chilling ghost story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who loved her, and a peculiar deal made with "the smiling man"—a sinister specter who grants your most tightly held wish, but only for the ultimate price. -Amazon
"The Reappearance of Rachel Prince" by Holly Jackson
What would you do if your mom had been missing and presumed dead for 16 years showed back up very much alive? Del has grown up under the shadow of her mother's disappearance. She was the baby that was left behind, and now she is the teen who has learned to rely on herself and her dad for everything. Now Del has questions- where has mom been, and can she ever be trusted?
Vocabulary
Peculiar-- strange or odd; unusual.
Sinister- giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.
Presumed-suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability.
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