A historical middle-grade novel following a plucky thirteen-year-old
hired girl in rural 1919 Nova Scotia, exploring grief and love, poverty
and privilege, and family in all its forms, from the award-winning
author of The Cammie Turple series.
Lark Harnish, plucky and chatty and full of hope, is starting a new
life. It's 1919 in rural Nova Scotia and at just thirteen years old, she
has to leave her mother and siblings to go work at the McMasters house.
Her father has died and her family desperately needs the money.
She arrives expecting another version of her own family -- bruised and
saddened by the loss of a parent, but still full of love and laughter
and stories. Instead she finds a family in tatters, with devastated
adults raising sad and lonely children. When Lark barrels in with her
big personality, she disturbs a long-held silence in the McMasters
house. The well-being of Lark's family is on the line, and so are the
hearts of the McMasters. Can Lark find her way in this new life, or are
two families about to fall apart?
In her newest historical middle-grade novel, celebrated author Laura
Best brings another delightful group of characters to her readers, along
with all the complexity of families finding hope in hard times.
