Belle Prater's Boy

When Belle Prater disappears, Belleâ s boy, Woodrow, comes to live with his grandparents in Coal Station, Virginia. Woodrowâ s cousin Gypsy is the town beauty, but she has hidden sorrows and secrets of her own. She wonders how Woodrow can accept his motherâ s disappearance when sheâ s never gotten over her fatherâ s death. Thatâ s when Woodrow tells Gypsy the secret about his mother.

From the Trade Paperback edition.