An illegitimate child in the South learns the meaning of love and family life.

Laura Upside-down

by Doris Buchanan Smith

Published 27 September 1984
Ten-year-old Laura must deal with her unease about her lack of religious upbringing, when her best friends are Jewish and Christian, and with her feelings for a mysterious neighbor who seems to be a witch.

Tough Chauncey

by Doris Buchanan Smith

Published 28 August 1986
Abused by his grandfather and neglected by his mother, a "tough" thirteen-year-old sees running away as the only solution to changing his life until a friend open his eyes to an alternative.