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Gr 4–6—Serko's debut tells the story of the author's ancestor, a woman who had to find her way in the wake of the Civil War. Hattie Howell is a 13-year-old struggling under the weight of a family inheritance—the same anxiety and depression that hurt her mother and siblings in the years after her father died in service to the Union army. Seeking answers to her "melancholy," Hattie begins to investigate the circumstances of her father's death. She s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More