The Year of Sacrifice — Rebecca Leeanne Brammer

Hard times face the Fraleys as they wend their way through the early years of the Great Depression on their Eastern Kentucky farm. Through drought, hardship, and tragedy, seven-year-old Odella learns the lesson of sacrifice from the example of her parents and older siblings. But when Odella is asked to sacrifice for the good of her family, will she have the strength to do so? The Year of Sacrifice is the second book in a heartwarming series, The Newcombe Creek Chronicles. In The Year of Plenty, readers met the delightful Fraleys during happier times; in The Year of Sacrifice, readers experience how the Fraleys respond to hardship and difficulties. The series follows Odella and her family through the years of the Great Depression and into World War II. Though faced with economic hardship and personal tragedy, the Fraley family not only survives, but thrives, due to their reliance on faith and family.