Azalea

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When the McBirney family help Azalea Knox to escape from an abusive traveling show and introduce her to their close-knit community in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, the orphaned teen finally experiences the family life and the security she has never known before. But how long will it take before Azalea's troubled past finally catches up with her? Elia Wilkinson Peattie's classic YA novel chronicles the trials and triumphs of a uniquely resourceful girl in the rural South.

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Elia Wilkinson Peattie (1862-1935) was a pioneering journalist, literary critic, social reformer, and author of novels and stories for children, teenagers, and adults. This book, the first episode of her popular AZALEA series, set in her beloved Blue Ridge Mountains, was first published in 1912.

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