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Edythe Amsel is delighted with her first teaching assignment: a one-room schoolhouse in Walnut Hill, Nebraska. Independent, headstrong, and a strong believer in a well-rounded education, Edythe is ready to open the world to the students in this tiny community. But is Walnut Hill ready for her?... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Edythe Amsel: new schoolteacher of Walnut Hill
- Joel Townsend: single man raising his deceased brother's two sons
- William Sholes: Add a description of this character.
- Robert Townsend
- Johnny Townsend
- Martha Sterbinz
- Jody
- Mrs. Libolt
- Terrill Sterbinz
- Maribelle
- Wally Scheebeck
- Andrew
- Henry
- Lewis Scheebeck
- Edie
- Jenny Scheebeck
- Hank Libolt
- Susannah
- Mr. Jeffers
- Jane Heidrich
- Luthenia Kinsley: houses Miss Amsel, the new schoolteacher
- Sophie
- Mr. Shanks: former schoolteacher of Walnut Hill
- Mr. Bride: father of one of the students
- Jenkins
- Gertie
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First Sentence edit
This certainly isn't the way I imagined it.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kim Vogel Sawyer (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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