Relates episodes in the life of eleven-year-old Ellie and her family who live in a coal mining town in West Virginia.

After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of th

After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of th

When no one wanted Summer, May and her husband took her into their home in the hills of West Virginia. 'Though others believed she was worthless,