Book 4 of the The Children of CrossRoads Series.

The fourth in a series of stories about children living in western Virginia during the end of the 1800s.

After influenza takes the lives of both his parents, Peter comes to live with his Shank relatives in the CrossRoads community and learns to accept them as his own family.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 1. Tragedy Strikes
• 2. Difficult Conversations
• 3. Lessons Learned
• 4. A Shared Bed
• 5. Off to a Quiet Start
• 6. A New Responsibility
• 7. Talking with New Friends
• 8. Just Like Mom's
• 9. Gone Missing
• 10. A Welcomed Surprise
• 11. Never Give Up
• 12. Out to Win
• 13. Everybody Gives a Hand
• 14. Best Out of Five
• 15. A Laden Table
• 16. Let the Games Begin
• 17. Letting It Go
• 18. Back to School
• 19. An Unexpected Surprise
• 20. A Message from Home
• 21. A Message in a Song
• Glossary