03210cim a2200445 i 4500 513731653 TxAuBib 20210922120000.0 r 130920s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780739351338 sound recording 0739351338 sound recording TxAuBib rda Larson, Kirby,. Hattie big sky. / Kirby Larson. Unabridged. New York : Listening Library (Audio), 2007. 1 online resource (7 audio files) : digital. spw rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Unabridged. Narrator: Kirsten Potter. This Newbery Honor winning, New York Times bestseller celebrates the true spirit of independence on the American frontier. For most of her life, sixteen-year-old Hattie Brooks has been shuttled from one distant relative to another. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she summons the courage to leave Iowa and move all by herself to Vida, Montana, to prove up on her late uncle's homestead claim. Under the big sky, Hattie braves hard weather, hard times, a cantankerous cow, and her own hopeless hand at the cookstove. Her quest to make a home is championed by new neighbors Perilee Mueller, her German husband, and their children. For the first time in her life, Hattie feels part of a family, finding the strength to stand up against Traft Martin's schemes to buy her out and against increasing pressure to be a "loyal" American at a time when anything-or anyone-German is suspect. Despite daily trials, Hattie continues to work her uncle's claim until an unforeseen tragedy causes her to search her soul for the real meaning of home. This young pioneer's story is lovingly stitched together from Kirby Larson's own family history and the sights, sounds, and scents of homesteading life. AN AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK A BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE NAMED TO 13 STATE AWARD LISTS "A marvelous story about courage, loyalty, perseverance, and the meaning of home." -Newbery Award-Winning Author Karen Cushman From the Hardcover edition. Text Difficulty 7 - Text Difficulty 12. MG/Middle grades (4th-8th.) 700 Lexile. 4.4 ATOS Level. Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 239735 KB). 20210922. OverDrive 20190812 nsh. Young adult fiction. Historical fiction. Streaming audio. Potter, Kirsten. http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=201133&titleID=123570 https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D7D4737B-66E7-4BF6-A4D9-82D29FDD116F&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1191-1/%7BD7D4737B-66E7-4BF6-A4D9-82D29FDD116F%7DImg100.jpg Image https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1191-1/%7BD7D4737B-66E7-4BF6-A4D9-82D29FDD116F%7DImg200.jpg Thumbnail