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Light comes to shadow mountain

Call Number

  • J BUZZ (OSH)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Holiday House, [2023]

Physical Description

263 pages : map ; 22 cm.

Audience

Grades 4-6. Holiday House.

Summary

In 1937 rural Kentucky, Cora Mae starts a school newspaper to rally support for the Rural Electrification Act, but the town's resistance to change is not easy to overcome.

Contents

  • In the news
  • A fox in the chicken coop
  • Dark on all sides
  • Mommy has a day
  • Pap's big announcement
  • A surprise visitor
  • Somewhere dark but safe
  • Pies, pies, pies
  • An A+ in gumption
  • the quiet dark
  • Ready for the bee
  • A new champion
  • Fire under the kettle
  • Without a shred of hope
  • An undelivered apology
  • Another monster comes
  • Terrifying memories
  • A ride down the mountain
  • A big sacrifice
  • A gift to warm a heart
  • Too much Cora
  • An artistic heart
  • The faith of a four-year-old
  • A change of Sunday plans
  • Where is Clint?
  • Taking up hope
  • A token of their affection
  • Scheming and dreaming
  • A new plan
  • The editorial team
  • Nurse Bailey comes to call
  • Waiting for mail
  • The muck of hopelessness
  • A spilled willow basket
  • Saddle up stormy
  • A new sister
  • The incubator
  • The interview
  • A beautiful writer
  • An equal say for all
  • A forty-watt lightbulb.