When a Tree Falls

In 1932, seventeen-year-old Nadia Berger is uprooted from her California home and thrust into Bayer's Port, Oregon, a remote logging town ruled by rigid doctrine, buried secrets, and the powerful Bayer family. What begins as a difficult move soon becomes a nightmare as Nadia finds herself trapped between Dirk Bayer, the town's charming but dangerous golden boy, and Andor Holt, a mysterious outcast marked by the town as a heretic.As Nadia uncovers the cruelty, corruption, and violence lurking beneath Bayer's Port's respectable surface, she is forced to confront a society built on fear, prejudice, and control. With her heart drawn to Andor and her life entangled in the Bayers' web of lies, Nadia must fight for truth, freedom, and the right to love in a town that would rather destroy her than let her escape.When a Tree Falls is a dark historical coming-of-age novel about forbidden love, religious extremism, betrayal, and survival in a world where the truth can be more dangerous than silence.

Pages: 243, Edition: 2nd ed., Paperback, Jason Riley