After her father is murdered and her mother succumbs to yellow fever 14yearold Stella Reid finds herself orphaned and her beloved home in jeopardy. Eventhough S... » 

After her father is murdered and her mother succumbs to yellow fever 14yearold Stella Reid finds herself orphaned and her beloved home in jeopardy. Eventhough Stella and the folks who work the plantation have few rights in theantebellum South Stella fights incredible odds to preserve the only home shesever known. «