Rahn and Timberley Adams have scored a big hit with this exciting coming-of-age story. The illustrations by Timberly Adams are masterfully done and add much to the text. The engaging narrative focuses on a young woman just out of high school, who travels with her best friend from her home on the coast of North Carolina to live with her relatives for the summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Young Val not only learns much about her passion for golf, but she also learns much about family, friendship, and most of all, about herself. The descriptions of people and places in western North Carolina are accurately and skilfully portrayed. This novel is a real "page turner." Readers will not want to put it down. It is a "must read" for people who love regional fiction, especially the mountains of western North Carolina and their people. When I read to the end, I found myself wanting more, but at the same time I was delighted that I had gone along on the journey.
William B. Watterson
Banner Elk, North Carolina