Miracles on Maple Hill - Sorensen

[Tuly]

This is a lovely book - Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen who grew up in Utah went to BYU, and the book won the 1957 Newbery Medal. This is a review from Amazon.

Grade 3-5–Virginia Sorensen's 1957 Newbery Award winner (Harcourt, 1956) This is a loving family saga about Marley, brother Joe, their parents, and their friends. When Marley's father returns home from World War II a broken man physically and spiritually, her mother decides that the family needs to leave the city for an extended visit to Grandma's house in the country. Listeners are drawn into the tale of a year in the life of this family as the father slowly regains his strength and confidence. The year is filled with small miracles from the first spring blossoms to the healing of their beloved neighbor, Mr. Chris.