When her mother died, seven-year-old Julie Trelling was sent to live in the country with her maiden aunt.

Living with the austere and inflexible Aunt Cordelia was a difficult adjustment to make, but gradually Julie began to understand her aunt and the values she lived by—integrity, compassion, and strength of character.

Up a Road Slowly is the story of a girl growing to maturity and of the people who influenced her life along the way; Uncle Haskell, the weak-willed dilettante who taught her tolerance; Laura, the beautiful sister who taught her to share love; Aggie, the retarded, unkempt schoolmate who taught her compassion; and Brett, the high school hero who taught her to be wiser with her heart.

This is a sensitive and perceptive book which will be welcomed and appreciated by those who are now experiencing or who have already experienced the sometimes painful often beautiful years of adolescence. It is the story of one girl, Julie Trelling, but it could be the story of many.

Ages 12 and up

From the dust jacket