CYNTHIA OF BEE TREE HOLLOW

The author of Mountain Girl and other novels for young girls about the Southern mountain country, tells the story of Cynthia Bailey, who, with her folksy, home-loving family, regards anyone from over the mountain as ""foreign"". They must adjust to the inevitable flooding of the valleys and hills when the government builds a huge dam which brings power to the primitive-living people. With fine appreciation for the beauties, the songs, the sturdy independence of these hardworking natives of an isolated region of the U. S., the author tells a story which can reach a fairly wide age range from mature eleven year olds well into the teens. Interesting background material, simple writing that still conveys a feeling for the speech patterns of the area, this is a contribution to the field of regional literature. Schools and libraries will use it.