Northshore Performing Arts Center Foundation, cofounder. Whidbey Island Writers Workshop, Whidbey Island, WA, former member of creative-writing faculty. Hobbies and other interests: Reading, quilting, traveling, birding. Education: Western Washington State College, B.A., 1976 University of Washington, M.A., 1980.
"A marvelous story about courage, loyalty, perseverance, and the meaning of home.Born August 17, 1954, in Seattle, WA daughter of David Neil (a mechanical contractor) and Donna Marie (a bookkeeper) Miltenberger married Neil Edwin Larson (a certified public accountant), Septemchildren: Tyler Kenton, Quinn Lois. This young pioneer's story is lovingly stitched together from Kirby Larson’s own family history and the sights, sounds, and scents of homesteading life.ĪN AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS Despite daily trials, Hattie continues to work her uncle’s claim until an unforeseen tragedy causes her to search her soul for the real meaning of home. For the first time in her life, Hattie feels part of a family, finding the strength to stand up against Traft Martin’s schemes to buy her out and against increasing pressure to be a “loyal” American at a time when anything-or anyone-German is suspect. Her quest to make a home is championed by new neighbors Perilee Mueller, her German husband, and their children. Under the big sky, Hattie braves hard weather, hard times, a cantankerous cow, and her own hopeless hand at the cookstove. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she summons the courage to leave Iowa and move all by herself to Vida, Montana, to prove up on her late uncle’s homestead claim. This Newbery Honor winning, New York Times bestseller celebrates the true spirit of independence on the American frontier.įor most of her life, sixteen-year-old Hattie Brooks has been shuttled from one distant relative to another.
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