Stella Stands Alone

Stella Stands Alone by LaFaye, A.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781416911647.

Stella Reid is fighting to save the home she loves. After her father is killed and her mother succumbs to yellow fever, its up to Stella to run Oak Grove, her familys plantation. Unlike most Southerners, Stella sees herself as equal to the African Americans she works side-by-side with in the cotton fields. The white Southerners reject her, and the freed men cant trust her after generations of enduring the horrors of slavery. So Stella stands alone as she fights to follow through on her fathers dream to leave Oak Grove to her and the slaves. His will is nowhere to be found. Now, the bank has foreclosed on the plantation -- and the day of the auction is rapidly approaching. With no legal claim to the land, Stella is confronted with the possibility of losing Oak Grove, the only home shes ever known. In this inspiring novel, A. LaFaye, winner of the Scott ODell Award for Historical Fiction, recounts a young womans struggle to save her familys land and preserve their memory, illuminating the harsh realities faced by women and freed slaves during the turbulent years after the Civil War.