Crowfoot Ridge by Ann Brandt

Author:Ann Brandt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

My dear best friend Avery:

I’m living at the Blue Ridge School for Girls now. It’s a wonderful place. You’ll never know how happy I am. I live in a dormitory with seven other girls, all my same age. They are my friends. We eat in a dining hall. The place has pretty lawns and many activities. I’ve even been getting counseling with a nun named Sister Margarita. And as you can see I have learned to type. Finally found something I could do.

I hope you are happy and doing good. Getting sent to this place was the best thing ever happened to me. They said it was an accident and sent me here because I’m an orphan. I got to go home for Thanksgiving. I will stay here until I graduate from high school. Charlotte and Wiley are at the farm with Yancey and Shelby. Echo still lives in the trailer with Bobby.

Donald writes to me. I saw him when I went on leave. That’s what they call it when I go home, like being in the army. He talks about us getting married when I leave here. Too early to make a decision. He’s sure stuck by me through all this.

My best friend here is Sally but I’ll never have another friend like you, Avery. I learned everything wasn’t really my fault. I’m still dealing with all of it. I’m learning shorthand, typing, and all regular school classes.

I saw Mars at Thanksgiving, he came out to the farm just for the day. Then went right back to college. He’s having a hard time. Books cost so much. He refuses to live at the farm and commute, although the distance isn’t so much. Without Wayne’s help, he struggles. He still plays music, but just doesn’t earn enough to cover everything. It’s good he got to go to college at all, even if he doesn’t finish. He likes carpentry a lot, says he might quit school and become a carpenter.

Wayne was convicted to ten years in jail. Everybody says he’ll only serve five. Mr. Mac died.

We study hard, decided to use this place to the best advantage possible, because it’s the only advantage we may ever get. We feel safe here.

I thought I’d die when they took me away. But now I know it’s best. I felt so bad for having left you alone that night, Avery, it almost killed me. But Sister Margarita helps me understand things. I’m still so sorry, Avery, I’ll never get over it.

I’m sorry it has taken me so long to write, but it was hard to know what to say. It was all so horrible. I hope you are okay now, forgetting all of it. I hope you are having a great year in high school. Please write to me.

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