Buttermilk Hill — Ruth White

Piper Berry is ten years old and living a carefree life in Buttermilk Hill, North Carolina -- until Mama realizes she's sick of being a housewife, and Daddy decides he wants to raise a family of sons. Now that the ugly word DIVORCE is suddenly a reality, Piper must rely on her friends and her poetry for comfort. As her talent as a poet grows, Piper finds she is finally able to say the things that are hardest, and make important decisions about following her own dreams.