The Corner Stone

I loved this shorter novel! It runs mostly through summertime and then ends with a chapter set on Christmas Eve. Edith and Homer are its young folks of principle, contrasted to Edith's uncle—a man of “principal” instead. He worships money and wheat and square-cornered “sections.” The endearing side characters, little orphaned Faith Clover and her hard-up veteran grandfather Waverly round out the story very nicely.

Highly recommended!

I got my copy at a library sale, but you can probably find it on archive.org. It's a pretty uncommon little novel. Mine still had the battered box instead of a dust jacket...so cute.