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Eleven year-old Harry Anderson lost his parents when their wagon went off a bridge and they drowned. Now he lives on the family farm with his older brother Christopher, Alister and Alister's wicked wife Gloria. Their small village is protected by the giant hawks and their riders who live high on Hawk Mountain. Every farm in the village pays a tithe to the Baron and his birdriders for their protection. Sometimes when the family can't make their tithe, the Baron takes a child or teen instead. Children who go up to the mountain never come back and stories, usually bad come down to scare all the children. "If you're not good, you'll be sold to the Baron" is a threat used to scare the children. Gloria wants Harry and Christopher to be gone, so she talks her weak and greedy husband to sell the youngest Anderson brother to the Baron and Harry goes to Hawk Mountain to live. This one little boy changes how things are done on the mountain and saves them all! He finds true love and a wonderful life. It's not quite done, I still have some work on it, but enjoy what I have and please give feedback if you can. Thanks, Trish