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Ella Dessa's mom dies and her dad deserts her in a mountain cabin alone. The year is 1835 and Ella Dessa is only 12 years old. She is scarred by an animal that attacked her and her pa never forgets to tell her how ugly she is. When people are kind to her and tells her how pretty she is she can not believe it..The first book in a trilogy.