Life
for six-year-old Annie Dorawa on Winding Valley Farm—just down the
road from the Pellowskis’ “first farm in the valley”—is busy and happy.
Then one day, Annie hears her father speak about not planting that
year, but instead moving into town. Is it really possible that they
might leave their beautiful farm? What could her father be thinking
about? This new anxiety, along with that inner imp of mischief always
threatening to get her into trouble (and which finally does when brother
John is killing chickens at the chopping block), hover over Annie as
she works and plays with her sister and five brothers immersed in the
vigorous life of their American-Polish community. Despite the discovery
that life is not always easy or as she’d like it to be, Annie begins to
realize what warm security is to be found in a hardworking family
rooted in faith and love.
Second book in the Latsch Valley Farm Series