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The only black family living in a small midwestern town at the turn of the century confront prejudice, as seen through the eyes of the young daughter.
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Lena Sills
Heaven Leigh Casteel, gifted and intelligent, is the eldest of five dirt-poor children struggling to survive in a mountain shack. As she endures neglect and abuse, Heaven discovers a dark secret that changes everything she thought she knew about her family. Then tragedy tears her world apart and she must forge her own way in the cruel, unknown world.