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In 1837 ten-year-old Libby and her parents journey by covered wagon to the Michigan frontier, where they make themselves a new home near friendly Indians and other pioneers.Tags
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This is a short chapter book that was used in a 3rd grade guided reading lesson. This story is about a family who moves from Virginia to Michigan because they bought a significant amount of land. Along the way they meet a Potawatomi family and the two young girls in each family become friends. The Potawatomi family helps Libby's family survive! This is an interesting story that would be a great addition to the Michigan classroom because it takes place in several cities in Michigan in the year 1837.
Stepping Stone Book. A trip by covered wagon, a homestead in the wild, and the gift of a new friendship
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Gloria Whelan was born on November 23, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan. She took a strong interest in reading early in life when she was bedridden for a year with rheumatic fever. She dictated stories to her sister who would then type them. She then went on to writing poetry and later editing her high school newspaper. She attended the University of show more Michigan and earned her B.S.degree and M.S.W. degree. She began working as a social worker in Minneapolis and Detroit. She soon became tired of Detroit's hectic pace and moved to a cabin in northern Michigan.This peace was disrupted by an oil company 's desire to drill on her property. Because she did not own the mineral rights, the drilling proceeded. This experience inspired Gloria Whelan to write her children's novel, A Clearing in the Forest in 1978, which was about a boy working on an oilrig. Gloria Whelan has written several works of fiction for children and adults, many set in rural Michigan. She has also written stories set in exotic places like China and India. She won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000 for Homeless Bird - the story of a young woman in India abandoned by her mother-in-law. show less
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Stepping Stone (History)
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- Next Spring an Oriole
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- English
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- Paper, Ebook
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