This Newbery Honor winning, NY Times bestseller celebrates the true spirit of independence in the American frontier.

For some of her life, sixteen-year-old Hattie Brooks continues to be shuttled from one distant relative to another. Tired of getting Hattie Here-and-There, she summons the courage to keep Iowa and move simply by herself to Vida, Montana, to show through to her late uncle’s homestead claim.

Beneath the big sky, Hattie braves hard weather, crisis, a cantankerous cow, and about Hattie Big Sky her very own hopeless hand at the cookstove. Her quest to produce a home is certainly championed by brand-new neighbors Perilee Mueller, her German hubby, and their kids. For the very first time in her existence, Hattie feels component of a family, locating the strength to stand up against Traft Martin’s schemes to get her out and against raising pressure to be always a “faithful” American at a time when anything-or anyone-German can be think. Despite daily trials, Hattie is constantly on the function her uncle’s state until an unexpected tragedy causes her to find her soul for the true 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 Collection ASSOCIATION BEST BOOK FOR ADULTS

A SCHOOL Collection JOURNAL BEST BOOK

A BOOKLIST EDITORS’ CHOICE

NAMED TO 13 STATE AWARD LISTS

‘A marvelous story about courage, commitment, perseverance, and this is of home.’ –Newbery Award-Winning Author Karen Cushman