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In 1930's Appalachia, Dahlia Harrell struggles with grown-up issues like freedom, fairness, and friendship. When her brother Charlie comes down with Scarlet Fever, Dahlia and the rest of the family are quarantined. That spoiled Rosie Blevins tries to take advantage of Dahlia’s absence to steal her one true friend, Ruby Walker. When Dahlia's uncle Ennis Cain, the "Travelling Troubadour," arrives in Lothian Mill, trouble isn't far behind. This recording includes an original song written by Susan Koehler and W. Heath Fowler, performed by W. Heath Fowler.

Can a person just decide to give up feeling scared? It’s 1933, and Dahlia Harrell lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains in a hand-me-down cabin built by her Grandpap’s Uncle Zeke. At eight-and-three-quarters, Dahlia knows all about being scared. She’s scared of snakes, high-up places, dark nights, and a mean ol’ sister named Celia. What she doesn’t understand is the new president’s nonsense: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."