Down to the Bonny Glen

by Melissa Wiley

Little House Novels, Chronological Order (The Martha Years — book 3), Little House: The Martha Years (3)

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In Scotland in 1791, eight-year-old Martha Morse, who would grow up to become the great-grandmother of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, meets her new governess and learns the difference between growing up a laird's daughter and a child of a cottager.

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None of the other "Little House Years" books are as good as the ones about Laura but other then the Laura books the Martha ones are definitely my favorite. I love Scotland so that made this books particularly interesting to me but in general I just think they are the best written and most engaging titles from this set of books.
Martha is frustrated because Mum has said she's too old to be playing on the moors now, and she must have a governess. First there's Miss Norrie. All she must to do is teach Martha sewing and etiquette. But Martha's high spirits are too much for her, and she leaves in a hurry. Martha thinks that's the end of that, but then another governess shows up. Her name is Miss Crow, and Martha is sure she's going to be even worse!
Martha’s getting older, so Mum’s decided she needs a governess, but her new governess hates her and everything she does. After her mother realizes this, she gets rid of her and gets a new governess for her who Margaret loves. Margaret is happy with her new governess, but not entirely happy at the thought of losing her sister, Grisie, to one of her new suitors.
One of my favorite childhood books

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Canonical title
Down to the Bonny Glen
Original publication date
2001
People/Characters
Martha Morse Tucker; Duncan Morse; Robert 'Robbie' Morse; Alisdair Morse; Laird Allan Morse; Margaret Morse (show all 11); Grisie Morse MacDougal; Lydia Crow; Kenneth MacDougal; Nan Jenkins; Lewis Tucker
Important places
Glen Caraid, Highland, Scotland, UK
Dedication
For ole Fred
First words
On the morning of Nannie's wedding, Martha could not stand still.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The beautiful sleek mare, her glossy head leaning into the wind, and the wind sweeping Martha's worries away just as it had swept away the rainclouds on the morning of Nannie's wedding--no, there was nothing like this in all the world.

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Genres
Kids, Children's Books, Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
813.6Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English2000-
LCC
PZ7 .W64634 .DLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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Reviews
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Languages
English
Media
Paper
ISBNs
8
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1