Hattie Big Sky
By: Kirby Larson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Self-reliance -- Fiction; Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction; Orphans -- Fiction; World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Fiction; Montana -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: 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. 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.