| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
289 pages ; 22 cm |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection. |
| Audience |
012 & up. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 4.4 10 |
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Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 4.4 10.0 109096. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 289). |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Self-reliance -- Fiction.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction.
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Orphans -- Fiction.
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Montana -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Fiction.
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Self-reliance -- Juvenile fiction.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile fiction.
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Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
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Montana -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
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| ISBN |
0385733135 trade |
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0385903324 reinforced |
| Standard No. |
9780385733137 |
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9780385903325 |
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