Author: Clara Gillow Clark
Published: Cambridge, Mass: Candlewick Press 2003
Who is the heroine? 11 year old Hattie Belle
Who will like it? Girls with an interest in history.
Why will I like it? A great combination of history and adventure
Tell me more: Hattie lives in the hills of Pennsylvania in the 1880s. After the death of her mother Hattie is angry and lonely. She quits school and has to stay at home and do all the chores. She does not always get along with her father. He makes her dress like a boy and takes her on a dangerous rafting trip down the Delaware River. Along the way she grows up and gets to know her father. These characters give you a good idea of what it would be like to live through this time and place in history.
Other Books in the series:
Hattie on her way
Secrets of Greymoor
Find out a bit about the author here http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/269031.Clara_Gillow_Clark?from_search=true
Published: Cambridge, Mass: Candlewick Press 2003
Who is the heroine? 11 year old Hattie Belle
Who will like it? Girls with an interest in history.
Why will I like it? A great combination of history and adventure
Tell me more: Hattie lives in the hills of Pennsylvania in the 1880s. After the death of her mother Hattie is angry and lonely. She quits school and has to stay at home and do all the chores. She does not always get along with her father. He makes her dress like a boy and takes her on a dangerous rafting trip down the Delaware River. Along the way she grows up and gets to know her father. These characters give you a good idea of what it would be like to live through this time and place in history.
Other Books in the series:
Hattie on her way
Secrets of Greymoor
Find out a bit about the author here http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/269031.Clara_Gillow_Clark?from_search=true
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