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Hattie Big Sky

By Kirby Larson

By Kirby Larson

By Kirby Larson

By Kirby Larson

By Kirby Larson

By Kirby Larson

By Kirby Larson
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By Kirby Larson
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Paperback $8.99

Dec 23, 2008 | ISBN 9780385735957 | Young Adult

Paperback $9.99

Dec 26, 2007 | ISBN 9780440239413 | Young Adult

Ebook $6.99

Dec 26, 2007 | ISBN 9780375846410 | Young Adult

Audiobook Download $18.50

Apr 10, 2007 | 510 Minutes | Young Adult

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    About Hattie Big Sky

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER

    A 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.

    About Hattie Big Sky

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER

    A 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.

    About Hattie Big Sky

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER

    A 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.

    About Hattie Big Sky

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER

    A 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.

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    About Kirby Larson

    Kirby Larson is an American writer of children’s books. She is the author of the Oppenheim Platinum Award-winning The Magic Kerchief, as well as the Newbery Honor book Hattie Big Sky. She is retired from the faculty at the Whidbey… More about Kirby Larson

    About Kirby Larson

    Kirby Larson is an American writer of children’s books. She is the author of the Oppenheim Platinum Award-winning The Magic Kerchief, as well as the Newbery Honor book Hattie Big Sky. She is retired from the faculty at the Whidbey… More about Kirby Larson

    About Kirby Larson

    Kirby Larson is an American writer of children’s books. She is the author of the Oppenheim Platinum Award-winning The Magic Kerchief, as well as the Newbery Honor book Hattie Big Sky. She is retired from the faculty at the Whidbey… More about Kirby Larson

    About Kirby Larson

    Kirby Larson is an American writer of children’s books. She is the author of the Oppenheim Platinum Award-winning The Magic Kerchief, as well as the Newbery Honor book Hattie Big Sky. She is retired from the faculty at the Whidbey… More about Kirby Larson

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Yearling
    Dec 23, 2008 | 304 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780385735957

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Ember
    Dec 26, 2007 | 336 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780440239413

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Yearling
    Dec 26, 2007 | 304 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780375846410

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $18.50
    Published by Listening Library
    Apr 10, 2007 | 510 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780739355732

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    AN AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS
    A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK
    A BOOKLIST EDITORS’ CHOICE
    NAMED TO 13 STATE AWARD LISTS

    ★“Larson creates a masterful picture of the homesteading experience and the people who persevered.”–School Library Journal, starred review

    “A marvelous story about courage, loyalty, perseverance, and the meaning of home.” –Newbery Award-Winning Author Karen Cushman

    Awards

    ALSC Notable Children’s Recordings SELECTION 2008

    Newbery Honor Book HONOR 2007

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