Child of the mountains / Marilyn Sue Shank.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Delacorte Press, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: 259 p. : map ; 22 cmISBN:- 0375989293 (ebook)
- 0375989692 (glb)
- 0385740794 (hc)
- 9780375989292 (ebook)
- 9780375989698 (glb)
- 9780385740791 (hc)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | Shank Mar | Available | Some water damage to top of last 70 pages | 33111006712968 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Unfolds in pitch-perfect regional dialect. . .nbsp;. For fans of Ruth White's and Kerry Madden's Appalachian-inspired fiction."-- Kirkus Reviews
It's about keeping the faith.
Growing up poor in 1953 in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia doesn't bother Lydia Hawkins. She treasures her tight-knit family. There's her loving mama, now widowed; her whip-smart younger brother, BJ, who has cystic fibrosis; and wise old Gran. But everything falls apart after Gran and BJ die and mama is jailed unjustly. Suddenly Lydia has lost all those dearest to her.
Moving to a coal camp to live with her uncle William and aunt Ethel Mae only makes Lydia feel more alone. She isnbsp; ridiculed at her new school for her outgrown homemade clothes and the way she talks, and for what the kids believe her mama did. And to make matters worse, she discovers that her uncle has been keeping a family secret--about her.
If only Lydia, with her resilient spirit and determination, could find a way to clear her mother's name. . . .
In the early 1950s, Lydia Hawkins has grown up poor in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia with her widowed mother, brother BJ, who has cystic fibrosis, and her Gran, but when Gran and BJ die and her mother is jailed unjustly, Lydia must try to remain strong and clear her mother's name, even after she learns a shocking secret from the uncle with whom she is sent to live.