A Little Grace

It is 1696 and Dory has relocated with her aunt and uncle from the Massachusetts Bay colony after the Salem witch trials to the eastern shore of colonial Virginia. Since that journey, her Aunt Orlie has suffered from an increasingly painful ailment. When Calum, an old friend from Scotland, arrives with Mercy, a new friend of his, they join Dory on a dangerous and uncertain quest to find a pirate who may have a link to a cure called dragon's blood. Can the trio bring together their individual gifts to survive the trek through the Chesapeake region to a place called Chincoteague and return in time with the one thing that may save Aunt Orlie?> an unexpected reunion> a quest for an elixir> a pirate's risky bargain> untamed wild horses> shadows of witches and sea monstersWhat else must the young heroine overcome to save her dying Aunt Orlie?From the award-winning author in juvenile fiction of The Falls, A Little Grace is the third installment of the "A Little" middle grade, historical adventure series. Reading the first two books, A Little Wicked and A Little Noble, is not necessary to understand and enjoy A Little Grace, but there is an overall story across the trilogy.