Alone in the world teenaged Hattie is driven to prove up on her uncleshomesteading claim. For years sixteenyearold Hatties been shuttled betweenrelatives. Tired... » 

Alone in the world teenaged Hattie is driven to prove up on her uncleshomesteading claim. For years sixteenyearold Hatties been shuttled betweenrelatives. Tired of being Hattie HereandThere she courageously leaves Iowato prove up on her late uncles homestead claim near Vida Montana. With astubborn sticktoitiveness Hattie faces frost drought and blizzards. Despitemany hardships Hattie forges ahead sharing her adventures with her friendsespecially Charlie fighting in Francethrough letters and articles for herhometown paper. Her backbreaking quest for a home is lightened by herneighbors the Muellers. But she feels threatened by pressure to be a LoyalAmerican forbidding friendships with folks of German descent. Despiteeverything Hatties determined to stay until a tragedy causes her to discoverthe true meaning of home. From the Hardcover edition. «