Hattie Big Sky
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Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER .NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNERA classic YA novel about a teenage girl searching for a sense of home and family that celebrates the true spirit of independence on the American frontier.
For most of her life, sixteen-year-old Hattie Brooks has been shuttled from one distant relative to another. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, 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 cantankerous cow, and her own hopeless hand at the cookstove. Her quest to make a home is championed by new neighbors Perilee Mueller, her German husband, and their children. For the first time in her life, Hattie feels part of a family, finding the strength to stand up against Traft Martin's schemes to buy her out and against increasing pressure to be a "loyal" American at a time when anything-or anyone-German is suspect. Despite daily trials, Hattie continues to work her uncle's claim until an unforeseen tragedy causes her to search her soul for the real meaning of home.
This young pioneer's story is lovingly stitched together from Kirby Larson's own family history and the sights, sounds, and scents of homesteading life.
Kirby Larson is the bestselling author of Hattie Big Sky, a 2007 Newbery Honor Book; Hattie Ever After; The Friendship Doll; Dear America: The Fences Between Us; Duke; Dash, winner of the Scott O'Dell Prize for Historical Fiction; Liberty; Code Word Courage; Audacity Jones to the Rescue; and Audacity Jones Steals the Show. She also cowrote the picture books Two Bobbies: A Real Tale of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival and Nubs: A True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, and a Miracle, both of which won awards. She and her spouse, Winston the Wonder Dog, live in Washington.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780440239413 |
| ISBN 10 | 0440239419 |
| Title | Hattie Big Sky |
| Author | Kirby Larson |
| Series | Hattie Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2007-12-26 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Commended for Cybils (Young Adult Fiction) 2006, Short-listed for Young Hoosier Book Award (Middle Grades) 2009 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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