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.Tags
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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.
love this series!!!
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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