Great Episodes (Pb): Staircase (Hardcover)

from Whisper1

Once again Rinaldi wrote an excellent book filled with likable characters and historical fact. When Lizzy Elders traveled with her family in the long arduous trip west from Missouri in the hope of reaching Colorado for gold, sadly, Lizzy's mother died. When the remaining members of the party reac...

from KatieD1

This is a great book about a girl who's father left her to get an education in a convent where she doesn't believe in the religion. One day, she brings a begger that is a carpenter and he volunteers to create the staircase for the church because when they built the church the builders forgot the ...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

I dunno.  I can't judge accurately.  I'm just so very tired of historical fiction.  And this was more about this precocious young teen than it was about Santa Fe, anyway.   You know what I'm most tired of, about kids' HF?  Most, this included, have no humor, no joy.&...

from MarthaL

I liked this very much.

from jmfonz52

Lizzy is thirteen and her mother just died; her father left her at a convent in Santa Fe after her mother died. Raised a Methodist, Lizzy can't quite reconcile her beliefs with those of Catholics. She becomes friends with one nun, a "crazy lady," and a carpenter. This is a fictionalized story of ...