Our Only May Amelia

May Amelia Jackson is the only girl ever born on the Nasel River-A Real Miracle, her family says. And with seven brothers she believes it. Most of the time she forgets that she's a girl, like when she wears her overalls to go fishing with Wilbert or helps Uncle Aarno and the boys make the fishing nets. But sometimes her family does treat her like A Miracle, and it's just plain maddening, like when Pappa yells at her for running around the logging camp or orders her to stay in the house because t…