02149cam a2200337 4500 144919576 TxAuBib 20070809120000.0 070809s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005035039 9780385733137 trade 0385733135 trade 9780385903325 0385903324 9780385733137 9780385903325 WiMaMI TxAuBib Larson, Kirby. Hattie Big Sky / Kirby Larson. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, 2006. 289 p. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references. After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe. Alone in the world, teen-aged Hattie is driven to prove up on her uncle's homesteading claim. For years, sixteen-year-old Hattie's been shuttled between relatives. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she courageously leaves Iowa to prove up on her late uncle's homestead claim near Vida, Montana. With a stubborn stick-to-itiveness, Hattie faces frost, drought and blizzards. Despite many hardships, Hattie forges ahead, sharing her adventures with her friends--especially Charlie, fighting in France--through letters and articles for her hometown paper. Her backbreaking quest for a home is lightened by her neighbors, the Muellers. But she feels threatened by pressure to be a "loyal" American, forbidding friendships with folks of German descent. Despite everything, Hattie's determined to stay until a tragedy causes her to discover the true meaning of home. 20070809. Self-reliance Juvenile fiction. Frontier and pioneer life Juvenile fiction. Orphans Juvenile fiction. World War, 1914-1918 United States Juvenile fiction. Montana History 20th century Juvenile fiction.