Johnny Finlay thought living on Mirror Mountain was about the greatest thing that could happen to a kid. But then the judge said he had to go back down the mountain to school. Three years was a long time to be away from school…and friends. Everythi...
In the Chattahoochie Valley of Alabama, 1900, Belle McLaren, age 13, is the oldest of three orphans who are being separated by their relatives. Belle is a bit angry with God for the deaths of their parents, and for being torn from siblings she promi...
From 1916 until 1919, Belle works as a bookkeeper, unusual at a time when society considers marriage to be a womans only acceptable goal. She longs for a home and family of her own, but debates the wisdom of marrying Jamie, a poor farmer who goes to ...