Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt

I wanted to read this book as a young girl, maybe 4th or 5th grade, but my mom told me that it was "too grown up" for me to read. So I didn't read it and forgot all about it. Until my mom gave me a box of my childhood books to store at my house last week and I found it in the box. I thought, "I think I'm grown up enough to read this now!"

A lovely coming-of-age story about Julie whose mom dies when Julie is only seven years old. Julie goes to live with her aunt in the country.

Full of strong feelings and some uncomfortable teenage feelings.