Blue Ridge by Jon Harper

For ages:  10 to 14

Pages: 160

Illustrations: Cover and pen-and-ink sketches at the beginning of each chapter by Sheila Kelly Welch

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Description:

Twelve-year-old Denny lived his whole life in California until his mother died.  Then his father, a doctor, decided they should move to Georgia, where he grew up. The Blue Ridge Mountain area is a whole new world to Denny, and he's not sure he'll ever fit in with the other kids.  When he meets Michael, a thirteen-year-old runaway, on the side of a mountain, Denny doesn't realize that his life is about to change in even more profound ways.

Told with a deep understanding of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the people  who live there, this is a story about the meaning of loyalty, love, and family.

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