Hattie Big Sky (Hattie Series)

Hattie Big Sky (Hattie Series)

<b>This Newbery Honor winning, <i>New York Times</i> bestseller celebrates the true spirit of independence on the American frontier.</b><br><br>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.<br>  <br> 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 €œloyal€ 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.<br>  <br>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. <br><br><b>AN AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS</b><br><b>A <i>SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL</i> BEST BOOK</b><br><b>A <i>BOOKLIST </i>EDITORS' CHOICE</b><br><b>NAMED TO 13 STATE AWARD LISTS</b><br><br><b>"A marvelous story about courage, loyalty, perseverance, and the meaning of home." --Newbery Award-Winning Author Karen Cushman</b>