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Gr 4-6 In this third book in the series begun in Sarah, Plain and Tall (HarperCollins, 1985), Caleb is given the responsibility of writing down everything that happens on the farm now that his older sister Anna has gone to live in town to finish school. At first, he thinks there will be nothing to write about, but when an old man appears in the middle of winter, the family's quiet life is suddenly disrupted. The stranger turns out to be Caleb's grandfathe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

"Not much happens here," Caleb protests, but Anna insists: while she finishes school, works in town, and waits for her dear friend Justin to come home from the war in Europe, Caleb is to continue the journals Anna began in Sarah, Plain and Tall. "Everyone's not a writer. But everyone can write," she tells him. And things do happen. The mysterious stranger who stables his horse in the barn proves to be Papa's father, presumed dead since he left when Papa was a boy. Ironically, Grandfather's gradually unfolding revelations s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More