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Sarah, Plain and Tall

(1984)
(The first book in the Sarah, Plain and Tall Saga series)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
Newbery Medal Best Novel
MacLachlan, author of Unclaimed Treasures, has written an affecting tale for children. In the late 19th century a widowed midwestern farmer with two children--Anna and Caleb--advertises for a wife. When Sarah arrives she is homesick for Maine, especially for the ocean which she misses greatly. The children fear that she will not stay, and when she goes off to town alone, young Caleb--whose mother died during childbirth--is stricken with the fear that she has gone for good. But she returns with colored pencils to illustrate for them the beauty of Maine, and to explain that, though she misses her home, "the truth of it is I would miss you more." The tale gently explores themes of abandonment, loss and love.

"Did Mama sing every day?" Caleb asks his sister Anna."Every-single-day," she answers. "Papa too."

Genre: Children's Fiction

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