Lee Roddy

Hildy's dream of a happy life with her family and new stepmother is threatened when they travel to California as migratory workers with no money and no available jobs.

Joining her cousin Ruby on a search for Ruby's missing father leads Hildy to a confrontation with wealthy cattleman Ozzie Kessick.

Twelve-year-old Hildy and her family have a hard life in California during the Depression, but her efforts to help the daughter of an outlaw strengthens Hildy's faith.

When Hildy Corrigan's unemployed father announces the family is moving away from their friends just before Christmas, 1934, Hildy feels anger and pain; but adventure beckons when she and friends track a stolen horse in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where a dangerous convict and a snowstorm threaten their lives.

When Hildy finds a stolen watch concealing a crude, hand-drawn map, she is accused of the theft and must try to clear her name.

Hildy Corrigan is thrust into unexpected jeopardy and learns a valuable lesson about God when she tries to help her benefactor learn who is stealing gold from his mine in California's historic Mother Lode.