Someplace to Call Home by Sandra Dallas published by sleeping bear press
This is for Forrest Athearn and for his great-grandfather Forrest Dallas sandra
chapter one Broken Down The battered old Model T Ford sputtered and stalled With a sigh sixteen-year-old Tom Turner guided it to the side of the dirt road He slid out of the worn seat on the driver’s side and stood next to the vehicle stopping a moment as he heard a hissing sound He shook his head The transmission's transmission's bad and it looks like we blew a tire too Hallie Turner took a deep breath As Mommy used to say if it’s not one thing it’s another More bad luck Not so bad Tom said He pointed to a grove of trees If we had to break down at least we found a nice shady spot Hallie glanced around She said to the little boy on the 1