Book 7 of the The Children of CrossRoads Series.

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

A one-room school becomes the social center for children in grades one to eight. The parents are responsible for hiring and providing for a teacher who will take control of the educational needs of their children in the school.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 1. Morning Rituals
• 2. John's Game
• 3. Skipping Pebbles
• 4. We Have a Winner
• 5. Apple, Apples, Apples
• 6. The Apple Butter Boil
• 7. Time to Be Brave
• 8. The Competition
• 9. A Student Teacher
• 10. It's Hard to Wait
• 11. Courage for Irene
• 12. The Weather Teacher
• 13. Christmas Surprises
• 14. Getting Ready
• 15. New Teacher, Old Rules
• 16. Testing the Limits
• 17. Playing a Trick
• 18. A Lesson Learned
• Glossary