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Eighty Seven

Twelve-year-old Winter Kelland is an orphan indentured to a cold, harsh farming couple. His one bright spot is eight-year-old Vine, a neighbor girl who believes he can do great things if he can get an education. Win finally has enough of the hard life at the farm and runs away. But he discovers that even his poor life at the farm was desirable to being a half-starved tramp. At his lowest, he encounters a prickly spinster who learns to follow God's command, "He that honoreth Him hath mercy on the poor." The title, Eighty Seven, refers to the year Vine will turn 22 years old and will have a grand birthday feast, and is a tribute to her Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle (CLSC) graduating class of 1887. (Summary by TriciaG) (8 hr 41 min)

Chapters

Preface

Eight and Twelve

''March! I Said''

In Search of Home

Practicing

Opportunity

Some Half-Way Thinking

Unseen Connections

''Will You?''

''I Will''

Growing ''Necessary''

Energy and Force

Circles

Photographs

Experiments

Sage Conclusions

''Orders to Move''

Happenings

Differing Worlds

Seeking Stepping-Stones

''Very Much Improved''

Progress

Evolutions

''In His Name''

A ''Providence''

A Great Many ''Little Things''

Home

Circles Within Circles

A Night for Decisions

''That Beats Me!''