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BEFORE the LARK
A classic novel of the American Midwest, now in a new edition from Texas Tech University Press.
In the vein of Sarah Plain and Tall, Caddie Woodlawn, and the Little House on the Prairie series, this heart-warming story set in 1888 has appeal for all ages.
http://ttupress.org/_product_93964/Before_the_Lark_(paper)
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"A deeply moving story of tenderness and grit." —St. Louis Dispatch
Over the objections of her ailing grandmother, hard-working twelve-year-old Jocey Belle Royal determines they will start a new life on Papa’s abandoned farm far from Kansas City, Missouri and the taunts about her disfigured face. Also, on the farm, Gram, a washerwoman, will have a chance to get better. Jocey hitches up their old horse, bundles Gram into their cart, and with her pet bantam chickens they take off on the hundred-mile trek.
Hard work on the Kansas farm is no surprise to the plucky girl. What she didn’t expect is the warm friendship of a young neighbor and his family despite her disfigurement. Can she learn to trust, be open with others – such as the traveling sewing machine salesman who knows of an operation for her cleft lip? He may have the answer to her biggest dream of all.
Hard work on the Kansas farm is no surprise to the plucky girl. What she didn’t expect is the warm friendship of a young neighbor and his family despite her disfigurement. Can she learn to trust, be open with others – such as the traveling sewing machine salesman who knows of an operation for her cleft lip? He may have the answer to her biggest dream of all.
A Junior Literary Guild Selection Ú Bank Street College choice for Best Books for Children Ú Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Juvenile book.