Where the Lilies Bloom by Bill Cleaver; Illustrated by Jim Spanfeller; Vera Cleaver
	List Price:   $5.99 Unit Price:   $4.79 You Save:   $1.20 (20%) ISBN-10:   0064470059 ISBN-13:   9780064470056 Publisher:   HarperCollins; HarperTeen Series:   Trophy Keypoint Bks. Category:   Middle School Pub. Date:   October 1989 Pages:   224 Format:   Paperback
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
Gutsy, sharp Mary Call is determined to fulfill her dying sharecropper father's last request to keep the family together. A sequel is: Trial Valley (1977). Mary Call has promised her dying father to keep her brother and sisters together forever on the mountain, and never to take any help from strangers. She is determined to keep her word. No matter what. At first she is sure she can manage. Romey, Ima Dean, and Devola help gather herbs to sell in town; the riches of the mountains will surely keep the family clothed and fed. But then winter comes, fast and furious, and Mary Call has to learn that the land where the lilies bloom is also a cruel and unforgiving place, and it may take more than a promise to keep her family together. Nominee, 1970 National Book Award for Children's LIterature Notable Children's Books of 1969 (ALA) Best Books of 1969 (SLJ) Outstanding Children's Books of 1969 (NYT) Set in the Appalachian hills, this story tells of 14-year-old Mary Call's efforts to keep her family together and independent after their sharecropper father dies.