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Set in rural Missouri in the 1920s, the story deals with difficult issues that confront the gentle moral spirit of Elizabeth Eibers, who is placed in an orphanage when hard times force her mother to take a night job. There, suffering under the strict discipline of Father Gastmann, she finds solace in her growing friendship with Georgiana, a tough, wild orphan. And when her mother contracts tuberculosis, Elizabeth is forced to confront the truth about her missing father.

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Introduce[s]...issues such as orphanages, prejudice toward gypsies, and the search for a father in fascinating and believable ways. --Dr. Louisa Smith, emeritus professor of children's literature, Minnesota State University

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