When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie Kansas home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.

• ISBN: 9780590974097
• Author: MacLachlan, Patricia
• Published: 2005 , Scholastic
• Themes: Family life, Frontier and pioneer life, stepmothers
• Descriptors: Awards, Historical Fiction, Newbery, Primary (ages 6-9), United States
• No. of pages: 64