Book Description Of all the folks in the mountain shacks， the Casteels were the lowest -- the scum of the hills.Heaven Leigh Casteel was the prettiest， smartest girl in the backwoods， despite her ragged clothes and dirty face...despite a father meaner than ten vipers...despite her weary stepmother， who worked her like a mule. For her brother Tom and the little ones， Heaven clung to her pride and her hopes. Someday they'd get away and show the world that they were decent， fine and talented -- worthy of love and respect.Then Heaven's stepmother ran off， and her wicked， greedy father had a scheme -- a vicious scheme that threatened to destroy the precious dream of Heaven and the children forever! --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition. Card catalog description Follows the experiences of Heaven， one of the very poor Casteel children who are sold to different families by their father. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.