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remembrances of the little railroads that ran through Greenup County, Kentucky, in his youth. Trial Valley by Vera and Bill Cleaver. New York: Lippencott, a 1988 reprint of a 1977 release. 158 pages. Hardback in dust jacket. $12.50. This book is the sequel to Where the Lillies Bloom. It foUows Mary Call Luther, 16, one of the most appeaUng heroines in Appalachian literature, as she deals with suitors who represent different values. When Mary Call finds little Jack Parsons abandoned in the woods, she slowly realizes diat the way tiiose around her respond to Jack reveals much about their character. Appropriate for both junior nigh and high school readers. White, Ruth. Sweet Creek Holler. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988. 215 pages. Hardback in dust jacket. $13.95. This youth novel spans the years 1948 to 1954 from the year Ginny Shortt's father was killed until her 12th birthday. It is set in Southwest Virginia and based upon childhood memories of its author, who now resides in Virginia Beach. The New York Times reviewer called it "... a small triumph . . . having written lightly and lovingly of a difficult time, [White] has revealed herself as a person of admirably generous spirit." Appalachian Spring Spring here marches along in order. The routine satisfies my soul. Everything does it right and in proper sequence. First the light tinge of green and suggestion of gold. Then the wisps of willow. A purple crocus, then narcissus, daffodil and Ralph Roister Doister all a-tumble forsythia, magnolia, loblally shoots. And tiien the silent lemon tulip tree glory. -Carole Ganim The Tulip Blossoms They were nested in the tulip tree in clusters In the picture. Not so in real life. But I was happy I ran and told everybody. Because I had missed them in the spring. -Carole Ganim 77 ...

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