An award-winning novel about the resilience of the human spirit, the power of duty, the fragile relationship between humans and nature, and the sacrifices we make for family.
Mary Call has promised her dying father to keep her brother and sisters together forever in their home in the Great Smoky Mountains, and to never to take any help from strangers. She is determined to keep her word—and her pride. No matter what. 
At first she is sure she can manage. Romey, Ima Dean, and Devola help gather herbs to sell in town; the riches of the mountains will surely keep the family clothed and fed. But when winter comes, fast and furious, Mary Call learns that the land where the lilies bloom can be a cruel and unforgiving place, and it will take more than a promise to keep her family together.
This classic coming of age story explores issues of poverty, character, and perseverance. A strong option for classroom, homeschool, or independent reading.

Where the Lilies Bloom

Literature & Fiction

Vera Cleaver

Bill Cleaver

Contemporary

HarperTeen

The three Luther children, who have raised themselves since their father died, find an abandoned boy near their house in the Great Smoky Mountains.

Trial Valley

Children's Books

Oxford University Press

Grover

A ten-year-old boy adjusts to the changes in his life after his mother dies.

Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins

After living a proud, independent widow's life, seventy-nine-year-old Granny Lincoln suffers a stroke that brings her twelve-year-old granddaughter, Wilma, to care for the old woman and to learn the meaning of growing old

Queen of Hearts

Genre Fiction

An eleven-year-old girl, with no appreciation for land and growing things, finds her values beginning to change when she agrees to let an impoverished family live in a small house she owns, in exchange for working in the surrounding orange grove.

Hazel Rye

Teen & Young Adult

After Wilma's grandmother has a stroke, Wilma must look after her all summer, even though they never really got along. The summer is a difficult one, but by its end they both learn to deal with what it means to grow old.

HARPER/TROPHY

A Little Destiny

A little destiny

Doubting that her father's death was purely accidental, 14-year-old Lucy and her family confront destitution and a formidable adversary in their small town.

Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Books

The Whys and Wherefores of Littabelle Lee

Atheneum

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Books by Bill Cleaver

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Where the Lilies Bloom

Trial Valley

Grover

Queen of Hearts

Hazel Rye

Queen of Hearts

A Little Destiny

The Whys and Wherefores of Littabelle Lee