The second book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal-winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan.

My mother, Sarah, doesn't love the prairie. She tries, but she can't help remembering what she knew first.

Sarah came to the prairie from Maine to marry Papa. But that summer, a drought turned the land dry and brown. Fires swept across the fields and coyotes came to the well in search of water. So Sarah took Anna and Caleb back east, where they would be safe. Papa stayed behind. He would not leave his land.

Maine was beautiful, but Anna missed home, and Papa. And as the weeks went by, she began to wonder what would happen if the rains never came. Would she and Caleb and Sarah and Papa ever be a family again?

Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 03/10/1994
Series: Sarah, Plain and Tall #2
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.70w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780060233280
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.2
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 10209 / Skylark


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 01/01/1994 pg. 827
Kirkus Review - Children 01/01/1994 pg. 71
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1994 pg. 313 - Superior,Well Above Average
Publishers Weekly 11/29/1993
School Library Journal 03/01/1994

About the Author
MacLachlan, Patricia: -

Patricia MacLachlan is the celebrated author of many timeless novels for young readers, including Newbery Medal winner Sarah, Plain and Tall; Word After Word After Word; Kindred Souls; The Truth of Me; The Poet's Dog; and My Father's Words. She is also the author of countless beloved picture books, a number of which she cowrote with her daughter, Emily. She lives in Williamsburg, Massachusetts.