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The beloved wild, Melissa Ostrom

Label
The beloved wild, Melissa Ostrom
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The beloved wild
resource.readingGradeLevel
Ages 15+
Responsibility statement
Melissa Ostrom
Summary
She's not the girl everyone expects her to be. Harriet Winter is the eldest daughter in a farming family in New Hampshire, 1807. She is expected to help with her younger sisters. To pitch in with the cooking and cleaning. And to marry her neighbor, the farmer Daniel Long. Harriet's mother sees Daniel as a good match, but Harriet doesn't want someone else to choose her path--in love or in life. When Harriet's brother decides to strike out for the Genesee Valley in Western New York, Harriet decides to go with him--disguised as a boy. Their journey includes sickness, uninvited strangers, and difficult emotional terrain as Harriet sees more of the world, realizes what she wants, and accepts who she's loved all along
Target audience
adolescent
Content