BLUESTEM

, BLUESTEMFrances Arrington. . Puffin, $5.99 (, $5.99 ISBN p) ISBN 978-0-698-11911-6

The difficulties of a family on the prairie in the 1870s are explored in this story, of which PW said, "Readers will be quickly turning pages to discover the fate of the stalwart heroines." Ages 8-12. (Nov.)

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