Jessie's Mountain (Maggie Valley Novels)

There is nothing 12-year-old Olivia Weems (who goes by the name Livy Two) loves more than her guitar and writing songs. Her dad is still sick, bills are piling up, and after Christmas they have to move to Grandma Horace's house in stinky Enka. Livy Two knows that she can turn everything around ... if she can get to Nashville. Her plan to run away was spoiled first by her nosy sister Myrtle Ann, and then by Mr. George Flowers of Nashville, who had previously said her daddy's songs had promise. She returns home to the mountains with her dreams crushed and relationships broken. When Grandma Horace gave Livy Two her mother's girlhood diaries, she started looking at life a little differently. If her dreams can't come true, then can she make her mother's dreams a reality?

Parent Perspective:
This is the only book in the series our library could find. Now I need to find and read the others. By allowing Livy Two to tell the story, she creates a very personal way for the reader to connect to the events and characters in Maggie Valley, as well as interpret the feelings of various Weems family members.

Beautiful writing and realistic characters introduce middle grade readers to people and a way of life that is both historic and timeless.

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