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Summary:

After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe. Alone in the world, teen-aged Hattie is driven to prove up on her uncle's homesteading claim. For years, sixteen-year-old Hattie's been shuttled between relatives. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she courageously leaves Iowa to prove up on her late uncle's homestead claim near Vida, Montana. With a stubborn stick-to-itiveness, Hattie faces frost, drought and blizzards. Despite many hardships, Hattie forges ahead, sharing her adventures with her friends--especially Charlie, fighting in France--through letters and articles for her hometown paper. Her backbreaking quest for a home is lightened by her neighbors, the Muellers. But she feels threatened by pressure to be a "Loyal" American, forbidding friendships with folks of German descent. Despite everything, Hattie's determined to stay until a tragedy causes her to discover the true meaning of home.

Author/Creator:

Larson, Kirby

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Hattie Big Sky [by Larson, K.]

Subjects:

Self-reliance — Juvenile fiction

Frontier and pioneer life — Juvenile fiction

Orphans — Juvenile fiction

Montana — History — 20th century — Juvenile fiction

World War, 1914-1918 — United States — Juvenile fiction

World War (1914-1918)

1900-1999

Orphans

Self-reliance

Frontier and pioneer life

United States

Montana

Genres:

Fiction

Juvenile works

History

General Notes:

A Junior Library Guild selection.
Newbery Honor Book, 2007
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 4.4 10
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289).

Audience:

Children
012 & up.

Physical Description:

289 pages ; 22 cm

Call Numbers:

JFic L3343h

ISBNs:

0385733135 (trade)
9780385733137 (trade)
0385903324 (reinforced)
9780385903325 (reinforced)

Other Standard Numbers:

International Article Number: 9780385733137
International Article Number: 9780385903325

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2005035039

OCLC Numbers:

62493393