Up Molasses Mountain

""I couldn't imagine a life where I couldn't come up on the hill to get away." In 1953, Clay, West Virginia, is a mining town where families have known each other for generations, and the biggest excitement of the year is when the circus comes to town. But that spring, a strike divides Clay and causes a tragic accident that changes 15-year-old Elizabeth's life in an instant. The accident sends Elizabeth to the hills in search of comfort. There she befriends Clarence, a high school outcast who has a rare and special animal hidden in the woods. As they care for his pet, they create a fragile refuge from the violence that is building all around them, and within their own families. "From the Hardcover Library Binding edition.Baker, Julie is the author of 'Up Molasses Mountain', published 2004 under ISBN 9780613722773 and ISBN 0613722779.