In the same region of Virginia where John Boy and his siblings grew up on Walton\'s Mountain during the Depression, five adolescents on Charry Ridge are coming of age in the early 21st century.
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Through an entertaining magical element and some observational humor, the novel introduces research-based information about the wildlife, history and contemporary culture of southern Appalachia.
Domestic and wild animals describe their lives and the challenges of adapting to life among humans.
A wise, old pine tree where a crow flock makes its home tells the history of the mountains and their inhabitants.
As they confront the issues they face, each young person is also developing a special talent in art, music, photography, and woodcraft.
Ashley and Katelyn are sisters who have lost their mother to drug addiction and their father to disease.
His close friend Virgil fears his abusive father, who has sworn to kill him and his mother.
Having raised a fledgling bird as a school science project, Kevin must decide whether to keep it or return it to the wild.
The young bird surreptitiously follows the lives of the other four.
It is the naif narrator of their stories.
One of them is a crow.
In the same region of Virginia where John Boy and his siblings grew up on Walton\'s Mountain during the Depression, five adolescents on Charry Ridge are coming of age in the early 21st century
