The Ballad of Jessie Pearl
It’s 1922, and fourteen-year-old Jessie has big plans. She’s going to go to teachers’ college, get out of her small North Carolina town, and see the world. But when tuberculosis strikes her family, she’s forced to put her dreams on hold. There’s no cure yet for the deadly disease, so as Jessie’s older sisters weaken, it’s up to Jessie to keep the household running and take care of her baby nephew. Amidst cooking, cleaning, and nursing, will she still be able to carve out the life she wants for herself?
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Author: Shannon Hitchcock
Shannon Hitchcock grew up on her grandparents’ farm in rural North Carolina. She is the author of numerous middle grade novels including Flying Over Water, cowritten with N.H. Senzai which was selected as a Kirkus Best Book of the Year, and Dancing in the Storm, cowritten with Amie Darnell Specht which was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.
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The Ballad of Jessie Pearl
It’s 1922, and fourteen-year-old Jessie has big plans. She’s going to go to teachers’ college, get out of her small North Carolina town, and see the world. But when tuberculosis strikes her family, she’s forced to put her dreams on hold. There’s no cure yet… View available downloads →