Bøker av Mj Pettengill

It's 1878, and Agnes is lost. In search of her father, she leaves the County Farm only to become trapped on a southbound train. Her unplanned journey brings her to Boston, where, like herself, she is amongst countless other lil' wanderers living in the streets, avoiding the asylums and orphan trains.Her days are numbered as a series of mishaps land her in The Mission, where she is forced to forfeit her name for a number. She lines up with the other girls, heads bowed in silence, scrubbing laundry and avoiding the man cloaked in darkness.Samuel stays at the Farm, forming a bond with Caesar-a seasoned elder who made his way North-deeply entrenched in the Hodgdon family secrets.Sarah and the others return to the Farm to fetch Samuel. Will he go? Can she leave her childhood home after facing ghosts from the past? Trains-they come, and they go. Where will the crows' path lead?Etched in Granite Historical Fiction Series: Book Four

Who are these numbered souls?The year is 1872. The Civil War has ended, leaving behind a shattered nation. Etched in Granite is a harrowing account of life and death on a rural New England Poor Farm-a tragic, yet triumphant story of courage, survival, and secrets surrounding lost love. Unwed, with child, and nowhere else to turn, Abigail Hogdgon becomes an inmate at the Poor Farm. There is no way to escape Silas, an overseer, and the one who betrayed her.Native elder, healer, and midwife-Nellie-provides grandmother wisdom, teaching Abigail the secrets of Our Mother, resilience, and how to face overwhelming loss. Their unforgettable stories are carefully woven together to reveal a hidden part of America's somber past. ETCHED IN GRANITE HISTORICAL FICTION SERIES - BOOK ONE

1872. Alone and determined, 17-year-old Sarah Hodgdon boards a train, trading farm life in New Hampshire for the textile mills of Fall River. Woefully disillusioned, she finds herself trapped in a brutal factory and living in a filthy tenement. She is tormented when she learns the fate of her family. About to drown in a sea of spindles, she meets lamplighter, August Wood, who illuminates the gap between the affluent and the undesirables that dwell in the murky shadows. Stripped down to her bare instincts, she retreats into a secret world, that if revealed, would shatter all that remains. Everything collides when Bess, the captivating woman across town, emerges, navigating the dense world of the local elite, offering a glimpse into an era when women were beginning to take the stage. Survival, a resilient thread of music, interweaves their compelling stories, binding them together, unveiling grievous misdeeds from the past.

In 1878, on a poor farm in New Hampshire, lived a courageous orphan boy named Samuel. Following the death of his mother, he is threatened to be taken away from the only home he knows.Unworldly and innocent, he navigates merciless conditions and risks getting lost entirely, until finding comfort in a tree-a knowing tree. Legend has it that if one climbs high enough, it is possible to disappear and view the entire world. What Samuel witnesses from the heart of the tree forever changes him.Maintaining a determined spirit, he fends for himself, piecing together clues leading to the identity of his father, the farm boss who never claimed him. Is there really such a thing as a second chance?Destiny awaits as dark family secrets are revealed. What lies beyond the fence? Will Samuel come down from the tree?Etched in Granite Historical Fiction Series: Book Three