This book told from another perspective made me proud of my native state. It is a book full of hope and promise. It poetically and accurately describes the landscape and the wildlife. It rings with the hope of the many that were brave enough to leave their homes and strike out as pioneers. But the land is worth the hard work.
Freedom is worth the hard work.
Dreams coming true are worth the hard work. The illustrations are inextricably tied to the powerful words. We see the race for a piece of land. We see a woman driving her stake to mark her claim with determination on her face. We see all kinds of families.