​​In 1944, thirteen year old Ann Fay Honeycutt agrees to be"the man of the house" while her father goes off to fight Hitler.  She's doing a fine job of it until a polio epidemic strikes her hometown and her family.

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Her town responds by creating an emergency hospital and Ann Fay, motivated by love for her daddy and a feisty spirit, meets each new challenge that comes her way.

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BLUE, the first book published in Bakers Mountain Stories, is based on a real epidemic in Hickory, North Carolina.  Other books in the series include AIM (prequel) COMFORT, DRIVE, and EQUAL.

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BLUE won the International Reading Association Children's Book Award, NC Juvenile Literature Award, and Parent's Choice Silver Honor. It  is a NC Battle of the Books selection.