Since she is originally from the area, the author paints an authentic portrait of the marred natural beauty of the mountainous area and allows the reader to sense the desperation and loss that the small community is facing. Liberty is a well-developed protagonist, portrayed as an intelligent teen struggling to reconcile with her new existence. The more she gets involved in trying to shut down the mine, the more she realizes she may be like her estranged political activist mother. Though it’s supposedly safe to drink, people are becoming ill including Liberty’s grandmother.Īs Liberty starts asking questions about what is really going on, she encounters hostility from the community who see the mine as “the only game in town.” Gone is her comfortable existence as Liberty copes with planning meals on an extremely limited budget, and caring for her ailing grandmother while trying to keep up with school and investigate the mine.
The neighboring mountain peak is gone due to a mountaintop removal mine, many of the people are unemployed, and the water is - well, it’s orange. to live with her grandmother in Kentucky, which is totally different from when she was there last. Liberty is uprooted from her home in Washington D.C. In her debut novel, Dig Too Deep, author Amy Allgeyer tells the story of Liberty, a high school junior whose life is changed when her political activist mother is arrested. What would you do if your life completely and utterly changed?
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