About the Book - As Long As There Are Mountains 

(Chapter book) - Thirteen-year-old Iris loves her Vermont farm, but when her father is hurt in a farm accident, Iris struggles to save the farm for her family.  This is Natalie's most autobiographical book.

Awards - As Long As There Are Mountains

Reviews - As Long As There Are Mountains

School Library Journal - "This is a powerful and beautifully written story of love and determination set during the 1950's...The author masterfully captures the gamut of Iris' feelings from passion for the land and compassion for a classmate whose family is homeless." (August, 1997 review)

Kirkus Reviews - "The profound pleasure of living on a farm...pervades this story of a Vermont farm family." ( June 1, 1997 review)

Booklist - "Most moving is Iris' quiet, lyrical, first-person narrative, which expresses her closeness to the land and her sense of freedom in taking care of a farm." (August, 1997 review)

Availability - As Long As There Are Mountains

(hardcover):   As Long As There Are Mountains, by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (illustrated by Bill Farnsworth) (1997)  Cobblehill/Dutton; div. of Penguin Putnam Books,  ISBN 0-525-65236-1