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HarperCollins, 2015-03-03

Sarah, Plain and Tall: A Newbery Award Winner

Sarah, Plain and Tall: A Newbery Award Winner

Sarah, Plain and Tall and Sarah, Plain and Tall, 1

Patricia MacLachlan, Author

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9780062399526

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When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.
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Spare and lyrical, this Newbery classic rests in the spaces between words. Themes of belonging, loss, and quiet hope unfold with grace, offering a powerful reflection on family and the fragile trust required to build a new life.

Keywords and Themes: Activity Books • Animals • Belonging • Blended Families • Cats • Chapter Books • Character • Classics • Contentment • Country Life • Family • Farm Life & Ranch Life • General • Grace • Growth • Historical • Hope • Identity • Juvenile Fiction • Lifestyles • Mourning • New Baby • Poverty & Homelessness • Readers • Short Stories • Social Themes • Trust • United States - 19th Century

Readability • 3.5

Age Range • 6-10

Pages • 112

Subjects • Fiction • Frontier and pioneer life • Stepmothers • Families • Juvenile works

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Classics • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Blended Families • Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | Farm Life & Ranch Life • Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | Country Life • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Poverty & Homelessness • Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books • Juvenile Fiction | Family | New Baby • Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories • Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Cats • Juvenile Fiction | Activity Books | General

This beloved Newbery Medal-winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter book series about the Witting family.

Set in the late nineteenth century and told from young Anna's point of view, Sarah, Plain and Tall tells the story of how Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton comes from Maine to the prairie to answer Papa's advertisement for a wife and mother. Before Sarah arrives, Anna and her younger brother Caleb wait and wonder. Will Sarah be nice? Will she sing? Will she stay?

This children's literature classic is perfect for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books, historical fiction, and timeless stories using rich and beautiful language. Sarah, Plain and Tall gently explores themes of abandonment, loss and love.

This anniversary edition includes author Patricia MacLachlan's Newbery speech, a discussion guide, and a reading list. This modern classic is a strong choice for independent reading.

Read the rest of the Sarah books by Patricia MacLachlan: Skylark, Caleb's Story, More Perfect than the Moon, and Grandfather's Dance.

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