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My prairie year
based on the diary of Elenore Plaisted
By Harvey, Brett & Ray, Deborah Kogan
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-82340-604-3
- Publisher
- New York : Holiday House, c1986.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1986
Gr 4-6 Based on the diary of the author's grandmother who moved from Maine to the Dakotas in 1889 at the age of nine, this book might disappoint children who are expecting another Laura Ingalls Wilder story. It is more a descriptive narrative than story, as if a grandmother were actually recounting what life was like in the "olden days." Lacking a definite plot or strong character development, the book's strength is the colorful description of life on the prai...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
