Followingafamilytragedy,siblingsLouandOzmustleaveNewYorkandadjusttolifeintheVirginiamountains--butjustasthefarmbeginstofeellikehome,they’llhavetodefenditfromadarkthreatinthisNewYorkTimesbestsellingcoming-of-agestory.Precocioustwelve-year-oldLouisaMaeCardinallivesinthehecticNewYorkCityof1940withherfamily.Thentragedystrikes--andLouandheryoungerbrother,Oz,mustgowiththeirinvalidmothertoliveontheirgreat-grandmother’sfarmintheVirginiamountains.SuddenlyLoufindsherselfgrowingupinanewlandscape,makingherfirsttruefriend,andexperiencingadventurestragic,comic,andaudacious.Whenadark,destructiveforceencroachesonhernewhome,herstrugglewillplayoutinacrowdedVirginiacourtroom...anddeterminethefutureoftwochildren,anentiretown,andthemountainstheylove.
