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In this modernized version of Grace Miller White's popular novel, the feisty Tess moves to the Pennsylvania Dutch country and finds herself unwelcome by her Mennonite neighbors until she begins fighting along with a group of farmers who sold land to a chemical company and are now unhappy because it has been polluted. During the struggle, Tess falls in love with a handsome Mennonite. Eventually their love and her hard work pays off and her neighbors finally accept her.