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Ginny Shortt, six years old and facing life in a new town with her mama and older sister, finds the townspeople friendly, but over the next six years sees that the town is darkened by Miz Moore's vicious rumors.
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Spanning six years in Ginny Shortt's life, this is a remarkable novel about growing up in a small mining town in Appalachia. A "novel of aspiring proportions...This is a haunting story, well written." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's BooksA "triumph." --The New York Times Book Review Spanning six years in Ginny Shortt's life, this is a remarkable novel about growing up in a small mining town in Appalachia. A "novel of aspiring proportions...This is a haunting story, well written." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's BooksA "triumph." --The New York Times Book Review
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