128 pgs. b&w illus. 2001. Upper elementary, middle school. OUT OF PRINT

Travel back to the North Carolina of 1916 when circumstances bring about an abrupt change in the four Wilson children's home life. Alberta, Eva, Val, and Alex Wilson must adjust to living on their grandparents' farm in Stokes County, North Carolina. Their experiences in the center of a large extended family take them from solemn occasions to exciting encounters with new people and events.

Join them in their adventures with gypsies and Wild West Show riders; share the often difficult, sometimes humorous everyday life of a rural Piedmont family in the early 1900's.

"The author has a delightful feeling for the details of the period that make this story so realistic and believable. Children will enjoy knowing the Wilsons." —Mary Elizabeth Keister, PHD, former professor of early childhood education: UNC-G

Curriculum Applications: 4th 7 8th Grade Social Studies and Language Arts - Revolutionary era

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