Last Updated on February 18, 2021
The story of Miracles on Maple Hill is based on real people and places of the Edinboro and Cambridge Springs area. Visit locations mentioned in the book by opening this Driving Tour pdf file and following the route.
While living in Edinboro from 1952 to 1958, Mrs. Sorensen was introduced to a maple sugarhouse in the spring of 1953 and as she said, “The story began.” Published in 1956, her writing tells of maple sugaring and the people and places of which she became so fond. Miracles on Maple Hill is a reflection of her time here in Northwest Pennsylvania. This Driving Tour provides quotes from Virginia Sorensen’s Miracles on Maple Hill and her 1957 Newbery Award Acceptance Speech.
