Readers Circle (Prebound): Hattie Big Sky (Hardcover)

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

A satisfying mix of excitement, history, & interesting, authentic characters, leavened with just enough natural humor. I doubt I'll read the sequel, though, as I'm just tired out from reading so much historical fiction.(Larson was inspired by a real ancestor, but had to fill in so many gaps, appa...

from cpotter

Gr 6-8-Larson relates a heartwarming yet poignant story about homesteading in early-20th-century Montana. Until the age of 16, orphan Hattie Brooks lived with whichever relative needed extra household help. Then she receives a letter telling her of an inheritance from her Uncle Chester, whom she ...

from JeneenNammar

9th to 12 grade. Kirby Larson gives us a resourceful and adventurous heroine in the 2007 Newbery Honor book winner Hattie Big Sky. Hattie is an orphan living with an inhospitable relative, and so when she is presented with the opportunity of an inherited homestead claim in Montana, she seizes it....

from kslade

Wonderful story of a really young orphan homesteader in E. Montana who is given a spread to "prove up" to keep the land. It is during WW1. Shows great love of friends.

from MayaB.B3

For most of her life, sixteen-year-old Hattie Brooks has been shuttled from one distant relative to another. 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.Under the big sky, Hattie braves hard weather, hard times, a...