Linda Lenhardt

Train Up a Child Linda Lenhardt

"Elizabeth and Scamper climb out of the wheezing car, to stand under a dripping pine tree. Shivering, she smells leaf mold and wet earth, and the car's exhaust. Scamper presses close against her legs. A man and a woman come out of the cabin. Off to the side at the back, she sees what can only be an outside toilet. Cold, muddy water drips down her neck. Surely they don't LIVE here! That shack is hardly bigger than the pony-cart shed back home. It's nothing but an old shack!" It's 1930. The Great Depression darkens the world, changing life for everyone. Elizabeth must find the courage to face the shocking changes in her life. This riches-to-rags coming-of-age story, the first of three books, follows her through her twelfth year.