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Ruth Tweed's stories and poems mix the simplicity of the "good old days" with the sometimes sad realities of everyday life--and can leave you chuckling in recognition. They also help fill the often unwritten history of everyday events that linger in the author's memory and now luckily in ours.

Ruth Tweed attended a one room school in West Central Minnesota. Memories of the rural thirties help bring her fictional Sally's experiences to life.Miles from the nearest town, County School District 13 is not only the school but also the focal point of the community. Sally, the oldest student, is a frustrated eighth grader.Ruth's first novel uses this background to picture education in an era that seems foreign to children today. Although it...