Well, I’m clearly not the only person who loved this book since it won awards! If you like historical fiction, especially stuff about the pioneers, then this is the book for you. Of course, it came out a while ago, so you might’ve read it already. In that case, read it again. I imagine it’s just as good the second time around.

I have been a big fan of Linda Crew’s for a long, long time. She writes great stuff…literary YA, but totally accessible, which is not an easy thing to do. I loved the voice of this character…really great. And the actual bits of history that she includes in the afterword are fascinating too. I believe that this book is being reissued with a new cover, so if your library doesn’t have it and you can’t find it, you should drop by Linda‘s website and see if you can order it somehow. Enjoy!

P.S. I just went to Amazon and when I put in the search, it brought up the new book cover (above) but has it listed under some other title and author (weird). But it does look like it will be available eventually with the new cover.