{"product_id":"the-diggins-of-pone-hill-hardcover","title":"The Diggins of Pone Hill - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Young\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Young\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Pone Hill, \"No coal, no bread\" isn't just something the grown-ups say. It's the rule that decides whether thirteen McFadden kids go to bed with full stomachs-or not at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen-year-old Opie is finally old enough to carry lunch down into her family's coal mine, a dark maze where one wrong step could mean disaster. But the scariest thing in the tunnels isn't the dark. It's the chalk-drawn Eye staring from the wall...and the warning note that says: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE EYE WATCHES. GET OUT... NOW.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon the Eye is everywhere-on barns, on fences, on a stranger's shiny lapel pin. Accidents start to pile up that don't feel like accidents at all: cut fences, a broken ladder, a \"mysterious\" barn fire. A powerful coal company called Keystone wants Pone Hill, and they're willing to scare poor families off their own land to get it cheap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpie's father has only a little mine, a shaky lamp, and his own two hands. But the McFaddens have something the Eye men don't: a hill full of neighbors, a girl named Tiz with a notebook that never lies, and kids brave enough to set skunk-powered traps on the mine road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs coal runs low and winter closes in, Opie and her family must decide how far they'll go to protect their home-and learn that sometimes the strongest weapon against fear is the truth written down and spoken out loud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeart-pounding and hopeful, The Diggins of Pone Hill shines a lantern on one coal-mining family's fight to keep what's theirs, and on the small, stubborn bravery it takes to stand up to big men in shiny cars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55152381100323,"sku":"9798234035745","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0986\/8279\/8371\/files\/FpSXd7AYre9798234035745.webp?v=1779789688","url":"https:\/\/homeschoolbookbarn.com\/products\/the-diggins-of-pone-hill-hardcover","provider":"Homeschool Book Barn","version":"1.0","type":"link"}