Not only high schoolstudents but also college students agree that the book appeals to teenagereaders. Attractively packaged in a colorful jacket, this 183-page book is accessible toyoung readers. Although Sanders offers entertaining, humorouscomments, she presents challenging, serious themes of parental death and racialprejudice.
Sanders provides a fascinating look into the progress of the New South.
Driving down Highway 321 in upstate South Carolina between York and Clover, onecan see Sanders' Peach Stand, where the author sells peaches, watermelons, andvegetables. When Clover garnered enthusiastic reviews in the majornewspapers across the country, Sanders could not believe her sudden fame. Indeed, Sanders' authenticvoice in Clover convincingly demonstrates the Southern farmer's love ofthe land. Sanders shares this belief in a close identification with a specificgeographical area having its own unique cultural heritage and language. Thatquality makes her rural South Carolinian characters believable.