When the McBirney family help Azalea Knox to escape from an abusive traveling show and introduce her to their close-knit community in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, the orphaned teen finally experiences the family life and the security she has never known before. But how long will it take before Azalea’s troubled past finally catches up with her? Elia Wilkinson Peattie’s classic YA novel chronicles the trials and triumphs of a uniquely resourceful girl in the rural South.weiterlesen