While people are celebrating Yankee Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak and worrying about being drawn into World War II, fourteen-year-old Junior Bledsoe is dealing with his abusive father’s death and his cantankerous grandfather who lives with
them. Consumed by unanswered questions surrounding his father’s death, Junior begrudgingly makes friends with a boy named Catfish, who promises to help him find some answers. But the road they take comes with trouble. And “borrowing”
the neighbor’s car late at night without permission is just the beginning. In this gripping coming-of-age novel, a boy with a difficult past courageously confronts this wrong and begins to heal and to forgive.

When thirteen-year-old Ann Fay Honeycutt’s father goes off to fight Hitler, he hands her a pair of blue overalls to become “man of the house.” Her feelings are mixed: “Wearing britches so I could take the place of my daddy wasn’t the same
as wearing them so I could climb trees.” Ann Fay fights her resentment at losing the life she’d known just as she fights to keep the weeds and the blue wisteria from overtaking the family vegetable garden. But when a polio outbreak changes
everything again, remarkable Ann Fay needs all of her guts and resolve to face the unpredictable future.

In this award-winning sequel to Blue, Ann Fay’s family is back together, but much mending is needed. Ann Fay’s polio and her father’s post-war trauma stole the good life her family had before the war, before the polio, before the death of her little brother. Now, they are looking for comfort — “the kind
that made you feel safe on the inside, instead of sad or worried. The kind that reminded you of how life was before some disaster snuck up and knocked you off your feet.” Once again, Ann Fay digs deep within trying to fix her family, and her determination brings an unexpected kind of comfort.

World War II is over, but the Honeycutt family is still feeling its devastating effects. Especially Daddy, who can’t forget what he saw on the battlefield and sometimes can’t cope with everyday life. Fourteen-year-old Ellie Honeycutt finds
escape at the NASCAR speedway and in her dreams of travel and college. Her twin sister, Ida, clings to family and finds solace in her sketchbook. Once inseparable, the two sisters find themselves growing apart with the start of high school. They
make different friends, take different classes–and unfortunately fall for the same charming classmate. Can Ellie and Ida renew their deep bond while finding their own separate drives in life?

In this fourth addition to the acclaimed Bakers Mountain Stories, Joyce Moyer Hostetter once again brings to life the quiet town of Hickory, North Carolina, and its residents, exploring the close ties of family and friends against the backdrop of
the nuclear arms race, the Korean War, polio scares, and the 1952 presidential election.

In this fifth and final title in the popular Bakers Mountain Stories, the Honeycutt
family are wrestling with monumental changes taking place at the end of 1959.
The world is at odds with the Soviet Union, and the Honeycutts are worried about
the threat of communism. Unrest is also erupting throughout the country and
close to home as African Americans fight for acceptance and equality.
The youngest Honeycutt, Jackie, absorbs all these changes and tries to find his
way to what he believes is right. Jackie’s journey begins when he bumps into
Thomas Freeman fishing on the riverbank. He hopes the two of them can be
friends, but he quickly learns that racial inequalities and Jackie’s own behaviors
make the prospect of friendship challenging.
Amid community pushback to racial integration, bullying at school, and turmoil
within his family, Jackie struggles to free both his conscience and his voice and to
secure his friendship with Thomas.