Hattie Big Sky Contributor(s): Larson, Kirby (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385735952 ISBN-13: 9780385735957 Publisher: Yearling Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: December 2008 Click for more in this series: Hattie |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes - Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women |
Dewey: FIC |
Age Level: 12-UP |
Grade Level: 7-UP |
Lexile Measure: 700(Not Available) |
Series: Hattie |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.5" L (0.45 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Montana - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest |
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 109096 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This Newbery Honor winning, New York Times bestseller celebrates the true spirit of independence on the American frontier. For most of her life, sixteen-year-old Hattie Brooks has been shuttled from one distant relative to another. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she summons the courage to leave Iowa and move all by herself to Vida, Montana, to prove up on her late uncle's homestead claim. Under the big sky, Hattie braves hard weather, hard times, a cantankerous cow, and her own hopeless hand at the cookstove. Her quest to make a home is championed by new neighbors Perilee Mueller, her German husband, and their children. For the first time in her life, Hattie feels part of a family, finding the strength to stand up against Traft Martin's schemes to buy her out and against increasing pressure to be a "loyal" American at a time when anything--or anyone--German is suspect. Despite daily trials, Hattie continues to work her uncle's claim until an unforeseen tragedy causes her to search her soul for the real meaning of home. This young pioneer's story is lovingly stitched together from Kirby Larson's own family history and the sights, sounds, and scents of homesteading life. AN AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK A BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE NAMED TO 13 STATE AWARD LISTS A marvelous story about courage, loyalty, perseverance, and the meaning of home. --Newbery Award-Winning Author Karen Cushman |
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