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On the morning of September 2, 1918, the day before fourteen year old Jay McKenna is to leave home to attend the upscale Haviland Seminary for Girls on scholarship, she witnesses a girl falling to her death from a biplane flying over the family farm. Jay is shaken to learn that the girl, Violet Crane, was supposed to start at Haviland as well.Jay is frightened to attend the school where the news will be nothing but the stunning events that happened on her property. Yet she knows she must leave home. With her three brothers fighting in the Great War raging overseas, Da holds the remaining family hostage with his violent temper.As the "new girl," and daughter of struggling immigrant farmers, Jay struggles to find her place at Haviland. She becomes the target of bullying and coercion. While Jay suspects the musically gifted and beautiful Nathalia is behind this, her complaints fall on deaf ears. Thankfully, she befriends Florence, the tough, determined newcomer ostracized because of her skin color. Can Jay learn from Florence how to stand on her own and fight for justice? Can the girls solve the mystery of Violet Crane's death? Can Jay save her family?
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781548860080 |
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Publisher: | CreateSpace Publishing |
Publication date: | 09/14/2017 |
Pages: | 208 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d) |
About the Author
Deborah Rafferty Oswald is an elementary school teacher, writer, and lover of history. She is particularly drawn to the World War I era as well as the Women's Suffrage movement. She holds a doctorate degree in education from Walden University. She lives in Brewster, New York with her family. The Girls of Haviland is her first novel.
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