Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Into the Free | 2012 | Julie Cantrell | Buy |
| 2 | When Mountains Move | 2013 | Julie Cantrell | Buy |
The Into the Free series follows Millie Reynolds across two novels. In Into the Free (2012), Millie is a child in Depression-era Mississippi, living with an abusive father and a passive mother. Each spring she watches a band of Romani Travelers pass through town, and one year a friendship among them leads her to a key that unlocks family secrets. The novel hit the New York Times bestseller list and won two Christy Awards.
When Mountains Move (2013) picks up with Millie at seventeen, newly married to a rodeo veterinarian named Bump Anderson. They move to the Colorado Rockies to build a ranch, joined by Millie’s Choctaw grandmother Oka. The trauma of the first book follows Millie into her new life, and the sequel is about whether she can build something lasting out of what she survived.