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Gr 4–8—This is another fine work of historical fiction by the author of Like a River: A Civil War Novel (Calkins Creek, 2015). Set in Kentucky during the Great Depression, this book is written from the viewpoint of 13-year-old Adabel. With their mother gone, Adabel and her siblings must deal with an alcoholic father who works in the coal mines. She struggles to remember her younger days with her mother and yearns to fill in the empty places in her memory. In ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Wiechman offers readers an exceptionally empathetic portrait of life in a Harlan County coal mining town during the Depression. Thirteen...Log In or Sign Up to Read More