num_pages: 64
description: The novel is set in the midwestern United States (Kansas) during the late 19th century. Jacob Witting, a widowed farmer who is still saddened by the death of his wife several years earlier, giving birth to Caleb, finds that the task of taking care of his farm and two children, Anna and Caleb, is too difficult to handle alone. He writes an ad in the newspaper for a mail-order bride. Sarah, from Maine, answers his ad and travels out to become his wife. But Sarah grows homesick - the prairie grass didn't substitute for the Maine sea shore. When Sarah leaves for a trip into town, the kids wonder if she would come back. And she did. She had brought back colored pencils so she could show them the beautiful colors and views of Maine and gorgeous sea shore. She, Anna, Caleb, and Jacob have a lot of good times that lead to Caleb loving Sarah even more, but Anna thinks that she will replace her mother. In the end Sarah and Jacob get married.Special Edition: Includes and afterword to you from Patricia MacLachlan
language: English
title: Sarah, Plain and Tall
titlecomplete: Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
genres: Classics, Historical, Chapter Books, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 84584
series: Sarah, Plain and Tall
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Scott O'Dell Award, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Boekenleeuw, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature
publisher: Scholastic