Elsbeth and Sim: Tales from the Emerald Mountains

When Elizabeth first meets Simon at Westside House, he is angry and scared. She's ten and he's eleven, and like her, Simon is a war orphan. As the revolution tears through New Haven City, the two flee toward the mountains with meager food and a hand-drawn map to an old cabin. Dodging soldiers and gunfire, Elizabeth and Simon make the long, dangerous trek to reach the Emerald Mountains. The first night in the cabin, the hearth bursts into flames and they barely escape. Roused by the fire, a ...