This book is about how the settlers had to live when they were moving across the land and tells a lot about life in the dugouts.

I didn't really like the story behind the book whrer they were leaving the boys behind i dont think i would have this book in my class room.

As a classroom extension I am goin to have my students study dug outs. Then we are going to draw what we think a dugout would lokk like. ( )

This is an exciting story. Three boys, under the age of twelve, are left alone while their father looks for land in early American history. ("Free land," the father says. This is irony.) Then he sends for them to come the 150 miles to the new house.

The skeptic in me is still uneasy. I'd love for more information before I swallow the story and admire the characters. I'm also bothered by the use of God's name in the book. If it's a prayer, then I believe it should have been portrayed as such. By itself, it is taking the Lord's name in vain, just as many secular people do in trouble.