Had so much fun reading this book. Set in a rural central Indiana small town in 1914, it tells the story of a parent-less young teenage girl and her older brother who are trying to make a go of it as auto mechanics. Love the eccentric characters, the homespun humor and the laugh-outloud scenes such as a tornado ripping up a cemetery, a hilarious library board meeting, and a rip-roaring car race at the county fair.
Also enjoyed all the local references, including Brownsburg, Indianapolis, and the Wabash River. There a lots of great and funny lines in this book, but my favorite was the shout-out to librarians: "Put two librarians' heads together, and mountains move."
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