The River Keeper – eBook

Callie Mae McCauley knows a girls got to be leathery, or shell be tore to pieces by the weight of all her troubles and trials . . . The tragedy Callie endures will forever change her simple, yet full life in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Orphaned at age eight, she must move to her Granny Janes, where she soon realizes the shock of what shes seen has stolen her voice. A new neighbor and Granny Janes swarm of honeybees help Callie find her tongue. She soon discovers that, although Chloe Combs may be peculiar, Miss Chloe may be her only friend when her uncles come to claim their share of Granny Janes land that straddles the New River. Her uncles have a plan, and they wont let anything or anyone stand in their way, certainly not their niece Callie. When Callie ends up in an orphanage, she knows a mountain girl cant be held inside walls of plaster and wood. A mountain girls got to feel the earth beneath her feet and listen as the river makes sweet music in her ears. But time is running out for Callie to save the New Riverher riverfrom her greedy uncles plan.