In 1938, fourteen-year-old Celie must cope with leaving her Enfield, Massachusetts, home and her life-long friend, Chubby, as the day approaches when the Swift River Valley will be flooded to create a reservoir for Boston.
year: 2002
call number/section: 1000
subjects: family life, massachusetts, fiction, best friends, friendship, change, historical fiction, quabbin reservoir (mass.), history, fiction, swift river (mass.), massachusetts