Children's Literature
- Ellen Welty
Eleven year-old Lydia and her older brother Daniel are orphans, their parents and baby sister having all died within hours of each other in the worldwide pandemic of 1918 known as the Spanish Flu. They are taken to the home of their uncle, but there is no room for them and their uncle takes them to the Shaker community called Sabbathday Lake. The Shaker way of life is strange and uncomfortable to Lydia at first and she does not understand their beliefs. To make matters worse, Daniel is not adjusting well and she is not allowed to talk to him. She finds out that he intends to run away and when he does, she determines to find out where he has gone and how he is faring.
