A Girl of the North Country(1957)

Elizabeth Howard

From book jacket: Calista Heath had lived in many different places during her sixteen years and had become accustomed to moving. But now that she looked for the first time upon the wooded hills and blue water of northern Michigan, she hoped she could stay for a long time at Martin's Haven, even though it was a tiny settlement closed in on three sides by the forest. The one-room cabin that was to be the Heaths' new home was somewhat of a shock, but the cordiality of the few neighbors more than made up for it. Two of them gave Calista a particularly warm welcome - dashing Mark Treely and quiet Bruce Cameron.

This is the moving and dramatic story of Calista's introduction to pioneer life on the fringe of the wilderness: how she taught the neighbors' children in an improvised schoolhouse, and helped to support the family when her father had a crippling accident; how she found herself confronted by a mystery that cast suspicion upon the man to whom she had given her heart. And because Miss Howard, who knows and loves the lake country, has re-created its very look and feel, this is also the story of a region - a place that is a perfect setting for adventure and romance.