Storm Country

Published in 1909, this classic romance is set in Ithaca, New York. Living in a squatter's shanty, surrounded by fish bones, shunned by the upstanding folk of Ithaca, Tessibel is nonetheless shocked when her father, a fisherman, is accused of murder. Barefoot, beautiful, and innocent, Tess sets out to clear his name. Along the way, she meets a Cornell man. Tess's education is minimal. Her best friend is a toad. How can she compare with the brainy beauties he squires around?

When a husband is stricken with grief over his wife's death, he kidnaps the twin children of the man he believes responsible. From the Valley of the Missing by Grace Miller White is a suspenseful and chilling story about the power of resentment and two children's drive to survive.