A girl's struggle to save her family's farm, told in verse, stands as
a testament to the power of hope.
Twelve-year-old Eva DeHart knows her family's farm is the best, most
magical place in the whole world. The Farm has apple trees and sun
daisies and a creek. The Farm has frightening things too--like cougars,
bears, and a dead tree that Eva calls the Demon Snag. And everything at
the Farm shoots out of Eva's fingertips into her poems. She dreams of
being a heroine of shining deeds, but who ever heard of a heroine-poet?
When a blight strikes the orchard and a letter from the bank arrives
marked FORECLOSURE, Eva is given that very chance as she puts all the
power of her imagination at work to save the Farm. From a booth at the
farmer's market to the snowbound hills where the coyotes hunt, Eva
discovers that we face our fears and find our courage in the most
unexpected places.
This novel in verse by acclaimed author Dia Calhoun is about the
transforming powers of imagination and hope, which can turn us all into
heroes.