Orchard of Hope Author:Ann H. Gabhart Nothing will be the same after the summer of 1964. Drought has gripped the quiet Kentucky town of Hollyhill, and the town seems as if it is holding it's breath--waiting. Jocie Brooke is nervous about starting high school. Her sister Tabitha is experiencing the wariness of waiting for a new baby. Her father David is feeling timidity of those fi... more »rst steps toward true love. All of these pivotal steps in life are awaiting the Brooke family.
Into this cloud of tense anticipation, the Hearndons move their family from Chicago to plant an orchard outside of town. Fresh off the Freedom Train, Myra Heardon is sensitive to what the color of her skin may mean in a Sountern town. Her family will have to contend with more than the dry ground and blazing sun as they try to create their orchard of hope.
In this colse-knit community, everything is about to change.« less