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96 pp.
| Morrow |
September, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-688-15438-7$$15.00
(2)
4-6
Grace McCance's father moved his family from Missouri to Nebraska in 1885, settling in a one-room sod house with no water supply. Based on Grace's daughter's memoir and family interviews, this is a nonfiction parallel to the Laura Ingalls Wilder stories, filled with the gritty details of a settler's life and told with a smooth storytelling style. Illustrated with family and archival photos. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Ann A. Flowers
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 1998