Pioneer Girl: A True Story of Growing Up on the Prairie - Softcover

Warren, Andrea

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803225261 ISBN 13: 9780803225268

Publisher: Bison, 2009

Synopsis

Pioneer Girl is the true story of Grace McCance Snyder. In 1885, when Grace was three, she and her family became homesteaders on the windswept prairie of central Nebraska. They settled into a small sod house and hauled their water in barrels. Together they endured violent storms, drought, blizzards, and prairie fires. Despite the hardships and dangers, Grace loved her life on the prairie. Weaving Grace's story into the history of America's heartland, award-winning author Andrea Warren writes not just of one spirited girl but of all the children who homesteaded with their families in the late 1800s, sharing the heartbreaks and joys of pioneer life. Andrea Warren is the author of several highly acclaimed children's books, including Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Outstanding Nonfiction; Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps, a Robert F. Sibert Award Honor Book; and Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy, a Booklist Editors' Choice.

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Review:

"Every year my fifth grade students embark on a journey 'out west' with Andrea Warren's Pioneer Girl. The book's wonderful details and compelling characters make for a high-interest story as readers learn about the homesteaders' experiences and what it took to settle the prairie."--Sharon Story, teacher at B.D. Lee Elementary School in Gaffney, South Carolina--Sharon Story

"Grace's story relates hardships and hilarity in a compelling mix. . . . This is a fine personal portrait of one woman's life and a good read. Excellent-quality archival photos, many of Grace's own family, enhance the well-documented text."--School Library Journal (starred review)--School Library Journal

"[Pioneer Girl] tells the riveting story of life on the prairie and the determination of the families who settled there."--Kirkus Reviews--Kirkus Reviews

"A nonfiction parallel to Laura Ingalls Wilder stories, filled with the gritty details of a settler's life and told with a smooth storytelling style."--Horn Book--Horn Book

"An excellent addition to units on the westward movement or for fans of pioneer stories."--Booklist--Booklist

About the Author:

Andrea Warren is the author of several highly acclaimed children's books, including Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Outstanding Nonfiction; Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps, a Robert F. Sibert Award Honor Book; and Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy, a Booklist Editors' Choice.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bison
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0803225261
• ISBN 13: 9780803225268
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 106