On Viney's Mountain

by Joan Donaldson

Hardcover, 2009

Library's review

Viney, a spirited 16-year-old girl in nineteenth-century rural Appalachia, is a gi ed weaver, but wants more for herself than the traditional fate of a mountain woman. She is wary of a group of Englishmen who arrive to build a settlement and bring change to her world

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--Culture, NCSS Standards Theme--Time-Continuity-Change, NCSS Standards Theme--People-Places-Environments, NCSS Standards Theme--Individual Development and Identity, History-Life and Culture in the Americas, Reading Level-Middle (6-8)Reading Level-High (9-12), Reading Level-Middle (6-8), Reading Level-High (9-12)

Genres

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Holiday House (2009), Edition: 1, 231 pages

Description

In the Cumberland Mountains during the fall of 1879, sixteen-year-old Viney is shocked to hear that Englishmen will arrive on her mountain and build a new community, demolishing the beautiful area that inspires her weaving designs.

Awards

Friends of American Writers Award (Juvenile Book — 2010)
The Best Children's Books of the Year (2010)
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2010)
Great Reads from Great Places (Tennessee — 2010)

Language

English

Original language

English

ISBN

0823421295 / 9780823421299

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