And heartbreaking losses challenge their faith. Natural disasters such as storms and locusts threaten their success. But while the land is free, farming is difficult and it's a hardscrabble life. So twelve-year-old Belle Martin, along with her mother and six siblings, moves west to join her father. All they have to do is live on the land for five years and farm it.
The US government offers 320 acres of land free to homesteaders. 2020-2021 South Carolina Book Awards 2019 Wrangler Award for Outstanding Juvenile Book Winner 2019 Spur Award - Western Writer's of America Finalist In 1910, after losing their farm in Iowa, the Martin family moves to Mingo, Colorado, to start anew. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Hardback. frontier life is in demand.-Lynn Vanca, Freelance Librarian, Akron A fine selection where fiction about white U.S. VERDICT Dallas's latest work of historical fiction (Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky The Quilt Walk) conveys the importance of family and the value of neighbors helping one another. The Martins neighbor Lizzie, an independent woman who homesteads alone and offers the Martins valuable support, is a strong and memorable character. history to life particular attention is given to how the difficulties of frontier life impact the children. A cast of believable characters with distinct personalities brings this slice of U.S. The author's careful attention to historical detail can be found in her vivid description of the Martins's "soddy" home. Later lighter moments, such as Belle playing matchmaker for her widowed father, lessen the tension. Twelve-year-old Belle and her family endure a series of harrowing events: baby Sage survives an encounter with a rattlesnake Belle's sibling Becky dies, as does Mama a blizzard threatens the entire family and an invasion of grasshoppers must be fought off. Gr 4–6-In the early 1900s, the Martins move to Colorado, where Father plans to earn free land by farming government acreage for five years.
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