Title: Halley
Description: In Depression-era Georgia, fourteen-year-old Halley and her family must move in with her grandparents when Halley's father dies. Halley's tyrannical grandfather is a preacher who controls the women in his household, taking their money and their mail. Halley longs for an education that will allow her to leave her family and small town behind, but she is shocked at how her dream comes true.
Subjects: Grandparents, 1929-1939, Great Depression, Family life, Historical fiction, Depressions, Families, Mountain life, Fiction, Children's fiction
Places: Georgia