I'm sorry, Almira Ann
By: Jane Kurtz ; with illustrations by Susan Havice
Contributors: Havice, Susan, illustrator
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780439206457
Copyright date: 1999
Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific; Fiction; Frontier and pioneer life; Friendship; Historical fiction
Other titles: I am sorry, Almira Ann
Description: Eight-year-old Sarah's high spirits help make her family's long journey from Missouri to Oregon more bearable, though they do cause both her and her best friend Almira Ann some problems. Sarah Benton and her family set off on a journey westward, following the Oregon Trail. Sarah's best friend, Almira Ann, is on the trail, too. But the journey sours when Sarah unintentionally scares Almira Ann, causing her to fall out of the wagon and break her leg. As Sarah tries to mend her friendship with Almira Ann, she learns a valuable lesson about difficult, yet rewarding, jouneys.