title: I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book
author: Iona Opie
description: <b>Iona and Peter Opie</b> were married in 1943 and worked together for nearly forty years, studying and writing about childrens lore and literature until Peters death in 1982. Among their collaborations is <i>The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes</i>. Iona Opie lives in England.<br /><br /><b>Maurice Sendak</b> has created texts and illustrations for more than seventy books, which have sold millions of copies around the world. He has won numerous awards, including a Caldecott Medal for <i>Where the Wild Things Are</i>, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award for his body of work. He lives in New England.
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  Casey’s Surrender
  
  
  Ophelia Bell
  
  
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  Contents
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0001.html#_idTextAnchor000)
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0002.html#_idTextAnchor002)
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0003.html#_idTextAnchor003)
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0004.html#_idTextAnchor004)
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0005.html#_idTextAnchor005)
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0006.html#_idTextAnchor006)
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0007.html#_idTextAnchor007)
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0008.html#_idTextAnchor008)
  
  
  [Chapter 9](part0009.html#_idTextAnchor009)
  
  
  [Chapter 10](part0010.html#_idTextAnchor010)
  
  
  [Books by Ophelia Bell](part0013.html#_idTextAnchor011)
  
  
  [About Ophelia Bell](part0014.html#_idTextAnchor012)
  
  
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  Chapter 1
  
  
  “Casey, wake up, honey.”
  
  
  The warm hand on my shoulder jostled me out of a restless sleep. I blinked
  into the morning sun streaming through the window of Rick’s pickup truck, then
  looked over at him where he st