Avoiding Death

15 year old Samuel Holloway has lived in Salem, Virginia all his life. Living with three younger sisters, one of them an infant, and an ill mother, he has grown to know that you can't rely on anyone. When the letter of his father's death arrives, Samuel is determined to make things right for the family. Join Samuel as he travels around West Virginia, meets a man who is a fugitive and one without an arm, and in time, he learns that he actually can rely on people to help him. This moving novel is set during the turbulent Civil War era.