True Colors (242 Pages)

This is the first book I've read by author, Natalie Kinsey-Warnock and it was delightful. I will say right off, that I don't think it's a book that will be enjoyed by boys. However, it's a perfect middle school book and girls will adore it. The story is about Blue, a young girl who as a newborn baby was left on the porch in Hannah's copper kettle, the kettle where Hannah planted her marigolds. Taking place in Vermont and beginning on the very day that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, True Colors captures the life of a rural Vermont town. The reader learns about all of the citizens of this small town, most of them are older, but there are a few younger people. There is a one room school house, and a paper that is issued once a week and includes all of the "local gossip"! Blue spends much of her time trying to find up who her mother is, where she has gone, and why she left Blue with Hannah, who is old enough to be her grandmother. The mystery is finally solved, and even I did not imagine the ending! Good read!