When seventeen-year-old Zora Stewart arrives in the frontier town of West Glory, Oklahoma, to help her widowed aunt, she discovers that she possesses the astonishing ability to sense water under the parched earth. When her aunt hires her out as a "springsweet" to advise settlers where to dig their wells, Zora feels the burden of holding the key to something so essential to survival in this unforgiving land. Even more, she finds herself longing for love the way the prairie thirsts for water. Maybe, in the wildness of the territories, Zora can finally move beyond simply surviving and start living.

Author: Saundra Mitchell
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 03/05/2013
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.55w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780544003279
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 151306 / Springsweet

About the Author
Mitchell, Saundra: - Saundra Mitchell is a screenwriter and author. Her companion novels The Vespertine, The Springsweet, and The Elementals have been praised for their rich historical settings, evocative language, and heart-pounding romance. Her debut novel, Shadowed Summer, was a 2010 Edgar Award Nominee, a Junior Library Guild selection, and an ALAN Pick. Visit her website at www.saundramitchell.com.