Baker, Julia. Up Molasses Mountain.BAKER, Julia. Up Molasses molasses, sugar byproduct, the brownish liquid residue left after heat crystallization of sucrose (commercial sugar) in the process of refining. Molasses contains chiefly the uncrystallizable sugars as well as some remnant sucrose. Mountain. Random House, Dell Laurel-Leaf. 209p. c2002. 0-440-22903-0. $5.50. JS A 1956 mining dispute in Clay, West Virginia Clay is a town in Clay County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 593 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Clay County,GR6 and its only incorporated town. not only divides the community but pits father against son. In the Braxton home, 15-year-old Elizabeth's brother Sterling defies their father by attending union meetings. No sooner does Elizabeth fall in love with the daring, popular Johnny Beasley than Johnny is killed in a tragic accident with a tie-in to the mining strike. "You'll get through this," Grandma tells her. "Overcoming heartache is sort of like climbing a mountain of molasses. Sometimes you feel stuck there, with the darkness surrounding you, tugging at your feet and pulling you down. But other times, things are sweet and you can see your way to go on." Go on Elizabeth does, turning for solace to her friend and classmate Clarence, an outcast out·cast n. One that has been excluded from a society or system. out  cast with a harelip harelip, congenital abnormality in which there is a cleft or split in the upper lip. There may be a single opening in the middle portion of the lip or an opening on each side. . Perhaps the weakest links in this otherwise solid narrative are the sections told from Clarence's point of view, involving his secret harboring of an escaped circus monkey. Yet Baker manages to relate even the monkey's fate to union politics. Timeless themes of family conflict, friendship, and first love, combined with the innocence of another era, mare this a winning choice for girls from 12 to 20. Jessica Swaim, Cataloger, Cherry Creek Cherry Creek may refer to:
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