"Shannon watched as Grandmother walked into the kitchen. Once she was out of sight, Shannon jumped up, grabbed the doll, sat back in the chair, took a deep breath and squeezed the doll real hard, twice.

Shannon felt like she was being shot out of a cannon and before she could even blink her eyes she was standing on a cobblestone street in well, she really didn't know where, but it definitely wasn't anywhere she had ever seen before.

" Shannon loves to spend time with her grandmother-after all, her grandmother always has wonderful stories to tell about the places she's been and people...