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May B. (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for May B.When a failed wheat crop nearly bankrupts the Betterly family, Pa pulls twelve-year-old May from school and hires her out to a couple new to the Kansas frontier.
Full description- Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
- Published: 10 January 2012
- Format: Hardback 240 pages
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- Categories: Poetry | Family | Historical | Family Issues
- ISBN 13: 9781582463933 ISBN 10: 158246393X
- Sales rank: 206,030
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Reviews for May B.
Beautiful book about survival and determination on the harsh prairie.
Like Ellen Hopkins's or Lisa Schroeder's books in verse, each word in MAY B. is obviously carefully chosen and placed in such a way that not one is wasted and each means so much. Although this is a fast read, it's still a substantial one, full of tension and moving scenes, and I felt like my heart had been both pulled through the wringer and filled with joy in the afternoon it took me to read.
MAY B. is about a very determined girl whose heartbreaking story is one of survival, self-discovery and great fortitude. May is faced with the almost impossible task of keeping herself alive when abandoned in a sod house on the harsh prairie. May lives in a simpler, yet often harsher era in history, but her pluck and determination are timeless, and I think anyone will find much to love in this beautiful book. by Joanne Levy
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