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Oct 14, 2008 | ISBN 9780375891342 | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy
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Oct 14, 2008 | ISBN 9780375891342 | Middle Grade (8-12)
A charming, humorous story about one spunky heroine and how the Smoky Mountains National Park came to be, celebrating the importance of conservation, family, and individuality – from the author of A Dog Called Daisy and The Story Collector.AUTUMN WINIFRED OLIVER prides herself on doing things her way. But she meets her match when she, her mama, and her pin-curled older sis, Katie, move in with her cantankerous Gramps. The Oliver gals were supposed to join Pop in Knoxville for some big-city living, but Gramps’s recent sick spell convinced Mama to stay put in Cades Cove, a place of swishy meadows and shady hollers that lies on the crest of the Great Smoky Mountains. And it’s not like there’s nothing going on in the Cove. Folks are all aflutter about turning their land into a national park, and Autumn’s not sure what to think. Loggers like Pop need jobs, but if things keep going at the current rate, the forests will soon be chopped to bits. And Gramps seems to think there’s some serious tourist money to be made. Looks like something different is definitely in order. . . .“Tubb’s inventive heroine comes across as a female version of familiar characters, such as Gary Paulsen’s Harris or Robert Newton Peck’s Soup. This homespun tale, full of folksy humor and based on historical fact, will appeal to young fans of Deborah Wiles’ and Ruth White’s books.” —Booklist
Kristin O’Donnell Tubb is the author of Autumn Winifred Oliver Does Things Different, A Dog Like Daisy, The Story Collector, and other books for kids. She lives in middle Tennessee with her husband and their two children.
“Tubb ably conveys the beauty of the park area as well as less-attractive aspects of its history. Besides being a “sneak and a schemer” in Autumn’s eyes, Gramps is a lively storyteller, and bits of Appalachian folklore are smoothly woven into the narrative.” —School Library Journal “Tubb’s inventive heroine comes across as a female version of familiar characters, such as Gary Paulsen’s Harris or Robert Newton Peck’s Soup. This homespun tale, full of folksy humor and based on historical fact, will appeal to young fans of Deborah Wiles’ and Ruth White’s books.” —Booklist
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