Honor To The Hills (Woods Family) - Softcover

I hope you'll enjoy this Underground Railroad story through the eyes of Lily...a third generation Woods family member!

For generations the Woods family has lived and prospered in the hill settlement of Stony Clove in the Catskills of New York state.  And fifteen year-old Lily takes pride in her family's heritage: a mix of Native American, French, and Dutch.  But in 1851 the country is being torn apart in a bitter struggle over slavery.  For Lily the harmony of the hills she has grown to cherish is about to be shattered.First, Lily's sister, a teacher, is nearly killed in an arson attack on a school for young Negroes. Then, in a raid on a community of neighboring freedmen, slave catchers kidnap Kikoyo North, a family friend and her two children.  Furious and heartbroken, Lily decides to help free her friend.  That's when she learns about her family's secret business...For years the Woods have been "conductors" on the Underground Railroad -- a network of freedmen and abolitionists who help slaves escape to freedom. The Woods concoct a plan to help the Norths.The risks are arrest and imprisonment, but failure means a life of slavery for her friends. If Lily has learned one thing growing up in her hills, it is that nothing is more precious than freedom.