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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>This Newbery Honor winning, <i>New York Times</i> bestseller celebrates the true spirit of independence on the American frontier.</b> <p/>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. <p/> 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. <p/>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. <p/><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> <p/><b>A marvelous story about courage, loyalty, perseverance, and the meaning of home. --Newbery Award-Winning Author Karen Cushman</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>★ "Larson creates a masterful picture of the homesteading experience and the people who persevered."-School Library Journal, Starred<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>After Kirby Larson heard a snippet of a story about her great-grandmother homesteading in eastern Montana, she spent three years working on this story. The author lives in Kenmore, WA.

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