A Tiny Piece of Blue
A Novel
Charlotte Whitney
- For
- fans
- of
- Kristin
- Hannah’s
- The
- Four
- Winds
- and
- Lisa
- Wingate’s
- Shelterwood
- comes
- a
- heartwarming
- historical
- novel
- following
- a
- homeless
- young
- girl
- as
- she
- struggles
- to
- survive
- during
- the
- Great
- Depression.Rural
- Michigan,
- 1934.
- During
- the
- throes
- of
- the
- Great
- Depression,
- thirteen-year-old
- Silstice
- Trayson
- finds
- herself
- homeless,
- abandoned
- by
- her
- parents
- after
- a
- devastating
- house
- fire.
- Nearby,
- aging
- midwestern
- farmers
- Edna
- and
- Vernon
- Goetz
- are
- pillars
- of
- the
- community,
- but
- when
- do-gooder
- Edna
- takes
- up
- Silstice’s
- cause,
- Vernon
- digs
- in
- his
- heels,
- displaying
- his
- true
- nature
- as
- an
- ornery
- curmudgeon.Theirs
- is
- a
- quiet-seeming
- community,
- but
- danger
- lurks
- beneath
- the
- bucolic
- façade.
- With
- so
- many
- youngsters
- leaving
- home
- to
- make
- it
- on
- their
- own,
- child
- trafficking
- has
- grown
- rampant,
- and
- Silstice
- and
- her
- two
- spirited
- young
- brothers
- soon
- find
- themselves
- in
- the
- sights
- of
- a
- ring
- of
- kidnappers
- that’s
- exploiting
- local
- children
- into
- forced
- labor—and
- worse.
- Meanwhile
- Vernon
- finds
- himself
- at
- risk
- of
- losing
- everything.Narrated
- by
- Silstice,
- Vernon,
- and
- Edna,
- A
- Tiny
- Piece
- of
- Blue
- sets
- the
- customs
- and
- traditions
- of
- rural
- Michigan
- against
- a
- backdrop
- of
- thievery,
- bribery,
- and
- child-trafficking—weaving
- a
- suspenseful
- yet
- tender
- tale
- that
- ultimately
- winds
- its
- way
- to
- a
- heartwarming conclusion.
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