By: Patricia MacLachlan
After Papa places an add in the paper for a wife, Sarah replies and decides to come from Maine to the prairie land for a month to see how she how it works out. Anna and Caleb miss there dead mother and want a motherly figure around for themselves, as well as for their dad. Sarah falls in love with the family and the family falls in love with her. They have many adventures together and become a whole family again. They are full of love and support for one another. Even through she misses the seas of Maine, she loves her new life and family even more. I might use this book to discuss the weather in the mid west, to discuss loyalty, acceptance, and love. Using the letters sent back and forth at the beginning of the story, I would have the students write a letter to someone describing themselves as well as their life.
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