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202 pp.
| Holt |
December, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-8050-4923-1$$15.95
(2)
4-6
Set in the early nineteenth century just after the War of 1812, this sequel to Journey to Nowhere is a tragedy brightened only by the resiliency of its narrator, twelve-year-old Remembrance Nye. The family's crops are killed by frost, and then Mem's mother, homesick and depressed, retreats from reality, neglecting her newborn daughter. The novel is a well-paced, bracingly realistic portrait of pioneer life.
Reviewer: Mary M. Burns
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 1999