Miss Hattie and The Hoppers

As summer arrives in June 1876 in Wolf's Landing, Tennessee, the days promise to be hot and miserable. School teacher Hattie has locked the schoolhouse and notices her sister Caddie's mark on the big key - an eight pointed star. It had not been there before. Years earlier, her sister had been murdered. Her body was never found, just bloodstained evidence.
Determined to find out the truth, she studies more star-marked clues. Then, two mysterious foreign-looking gentlemen arrive. They will change her life forever. Her adventures are just beginning in this Steampunkish, time-travelish, historical fantasy jaunt by Mary R. Woldering, author of the "Children of Stone" bookseries.