Hattie Big Sky
New York : Delacorte Press, [2006]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 289 pages ; 22 cm
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. Alone in the world, teen-aged Hattie is driven to prove up on her uncle's homesteading claim. For years, sixteen-year-old Hattie's been shuttled between relatives. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she courageously leaves Iowa to prove up on her late uncle's homestead claim near Vida, Montana. With a stubborn stick-to-itiveness, Hattie faces frost, drought and blizzards. Despite many hardships, Hattie forges ahead, sharing her adventures with her friends--especially Charlie, fighting in France--through letters and articles for her hometown paper. Her backbreaking quest for a home is lightened by her neighbors, the Muellers. But she feels threatened by pressure to be a "Loyal" American, forbidding friendships with folks of German descent. Despite everything, Hattie's determined to stay until a tragedy causes her to discover the true meaning of home.
Subjects:
Self-reliance -- Juvenile fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile fiction.
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Montana -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Self-reliance -- Juvenile fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile fiction.
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Montana -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 700L
ISBN:
9780440239413 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (page 289).
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 4.4 10
John Newbery Medal Honor, 2007.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 4.4 10
John Newbery Medal Honor, 2007.
A Junior Library Guild selection.