by kirby larson, read by kirsten potter
Kelsey Means
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by kirby larson, read by kirsten potter 16 year old Hattie Brooks didn’t know what she was signing up for when she left her Aunt and Uncle’s home in Illinois to prove up on her Uncle Chester’s claim. Leaving everything behind, Hattie heads to Montana to live on 300 acres of farm land. Things aren’t perfect in Vida, Montana however. With the first world war underway, people see German spies everywhere. The county counsel of defense makes American citizens with german ancestry’s lives miserable. Hattie’s neighbors and her good friends seem to be the object of the counsels anger at the Germans. Farming on the plains of Montana is not easy. Dust storms, hail and grasshoppers destroy crops, while it rarely rains. To prove up Hattie must set 180 rods of fence and harvest 20 acres of her land. With the german scare and the in climate weather will Hattie be able to prove up? audible.com. $22.95. Ages 11-15 Kelsey Means
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