Looking for a book from my preteen years. It was about a girl who moves to California. She lives with people who are not her family or maybe distant family or family friends. They run an orange orchard. They have to go out in the cold nights to light smudge pots to keep the fruit from freezing. (And I think at some point, it is a big deal for her to acquire a yellow raincoat that they call a ‘slicker’ in the book.)
Stump the Bookseller
New format, same book stumper solving.
Maybe Judy’s Journey by Lois Lenski?
I can’t recall the title or author, but I am sure I read the book before, say, 1965, if that narrows the possibilities.
The Luckiest Girl, by Beverly Cleary.
That’s Beverly Cleary’s The Luckiest Girl.
Thank you, MamaSquirrel and Lisa Houlihan!
That was the one I was looking for!