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Arrington, Frances

Bluestem

140 pp. | Philomel | June, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-399-23564-7 $$16.99
(2) 4-6 Prose as clear and spare as the prairie landscape distills eleven-year-old Polly's emotions as she and her younger sister are forced to fend for themselves on the family's homestead after their mother lapses into an irreversible catatonic state. The narrative reflects the story's harsh, late-1800s frontier setting, but it also captures Polly's connection to the prairie and the beauty she sees in her surroundings.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2000

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