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Sarah, Plain and Tall

By Patricia MacLachlan

Reading Level: Late Elementary School, Middle School
Genre: Fiction
Awards: Newbery Medal,Golden Kite Award,Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
Publisher: HarperCollins 2004

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19th century tale of a widowed farmer with two children who advertises for a wife. The answer to his ad is Sarah, who arrives from Maine. The tale gently explores themes of abandonment, loss and love.

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Keywords

sod, house, prairie, settler, Westward expansion, the West, Great Plains, Homestead Act, migration, homesteaders, prairie, dugout, social history, everyday life, farm, farmer, agriculture

Award Key

Caldecott Medal

Most distinguished American picture book for children (annually).

Coretta Scott King Award

Distinguished books by authors and illustrators of African descent which promote an understanding and appreciation of the American dream (annually).

Golden Kite Award

Outstanding examples of text, illustration, fiction and nonfiction (four awards annually).

Newbery Medal

Most distinguished contribution to American literature for children (annually).

Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award

Outstanding work of historical fiction published by a U.S. publisher set in the New World.

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