In 1929 Kentucky, young Hattie Mae dreams beyond her family’s coal-mining holler. When her father forbids her schooling and destroys her only book, she vows to break free. Stirred by a traveling peddler’s tales and her grandmother’s passing, Hattie must choose between obedience and the chance to claim her own destiny.
BECOMING HATTIE MAE BY CAROL GUTHRIE HEILMAN
