Able to find beauty in the hills of southern Indiana, Seeley withstands the work, troubles, and sorrows that encompass her family during the depression.
After her father dies, Seely and her family move to the city where her mother feels life will be easier, but life in the city presents a new set of problems that the family has not encountered before.
In rural Indiana at the end of the Depression 12-year-old Seely's world is forever changed when an ominous threat from the Fender twins explodes into violence.