The Angel Carver Author:Francis Eugene Wood, Martha Pennington Louis (Illustrator) The Angel Carver is actually a story within a story. On Christmas Eve 1998, a young girl named Julianna is troubled by what some of the children at her school are saying about Christmas. They don't believe in Santa, and worst of all they say that miracles and angels do not exist. Julianna seeks answers in a story written by her gran... more »dmother.
The story takes place in January of 1940 during a devastating blizzard which, in fact, hit central Virginia. Rachael Lundy and her daughter, Maddie, attempt to come down from their mountain home when the savage storm threatens their lives. A terrible accident occurs, and young Maddie must try to find the one man who can save her mother's life. His name is Beecher Whitman, and he is blind.
The setting for The Angel Carver is Tyro, Virginia, in Nelson County.« less