In the late 1800s, eleven-year-old Hattie, still grieving over the death of her mother and lonely for her absent father, moves in with her grandmother in the city of Kingston, New York, to be educated and learn about polite society, and, while there, discovers the fate of her missing grandfather.
year: 2005
call number/section: 1000
subjects: grandmothers, juvenile fiction, city and town life, mental illness, secrets, conduct of life, kingston (n.y.), history, 1865-1898, juvenile fiction, fiction