Daughters of the Valley — Leah Banicki

Angela Fahey has found a bit of inner strength after returning from California gold territory, with a botched family reunion and a budding romance abruptly cut short she is longing to settle down and begin her own life. Her dear friends in Oregon City are there to encourage her as she finds her own gifts. Violet Griffen has a husband far away in California, her new job with Corinne Grant has saved her from starvation and loneliness but the painful reminder of her husband's long absence urges her to reach out, helping others becomes a blessed distraction. Galina is a young woman on the edge of starvation, watching her younger siblings shiver in the thin tent every night, while her mother slips into a deep sadness. The air smells of winter snows arriving soon. Is she strong enough to help her family survive this impossible situation? Read the continued story of the young women on the frontier of Oregon Territory in 1850. Book 3 of Wildflowers Series. For ages 12 and up.