by Kirby Larson
This book tells the story of a girl from Iowa in 1918, during World War I. Hattie had been moved around from one distant relative to the next. Then she gets a letter from a woman in Montana saying that her deceased uncle has left her a large piece of land. She moves out there to get away from her ir...
I loved this book and I loved Hattie. Her spunk and determination shown thru on every page. I really enjoyed the letters between her and Charlie and how Charlie's changed over the time spent in war-a very believable account of how a young boy went from being idealistic to realistic as his friends ...
I loved this book and I loved Hattie. Her spunk and determination shown thru on every page. I really enjoyed the letters between her and Charlie and how Charlie's changed over the time spent in war-a very believable account of how a young boy went from being idealistic to realistic as his friends ...
by Kirby LarsonHattie Inez Brooks, having been orphaned at an early age, has spent most of her life being shuffled from one relative to another. Now, at sixteen, she is about to be pulled out of school when an unexpected letter arrives. Her Uncle Chester has died and left her his homestead in east...
Great portrait of homesteading during World War II. I'm just always wishing for a happy ending.
Hattie, orphaned and farmed out to various relatives, is just about to be forced to leave school and take up tedious work at a local store when she learns she has inherited a 320 acre farm. The farm is not without conditions, however. Hattie is required by the terms of the homesteading agreement to ...
I loved this book, which chronicles Hattie's attempts to prove up a homesteading claim, right up until the rushed and seemingly hastily written ending. 90% of the book is just grand, the situations fascinating, the history accurate, the people compelling. The last bit is as annoying as standing in a...
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