The defiant heart
By: by Florence B. Michelson ; cover and decorations by Dick Tompson.
Contributors: Tompson, Dick.
Series: Whitman teen novels
Publisher: Whitman
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Racine, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
First sentence: "Elridge!" shouted the conductor.  "Elridge!"
Description: Lila Hogan, an orphaned 14 year old girl arrives in the small town of Elridge from the big city to live with her Uncle and Aunt, Thomas and Clara Keith.  Aunt Clara's cold sterness and Lila's feelings of loneliness and despair provide the setting for the long road of acceptance by both family and her new peers.
Table of contents: label: 1
pagenum: 5
title: Dreaded Prospect; label: 17
pagenum: 266
title: One of the Family