In 1919, Alice McLerran’s grandfather and his family spent a year on a homestead outside of Yuma, Arizona, trying to turn a desert mesa into farmland–and a shack into a home. Funny, moving and filled with fascinating period detail, this is an affectionate account of that year. Full color.

Related: Historical Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Southwest, United States

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• ISBN: 9780670851317
• Authors: B. Root, Kimberly; McLerran, Alice; Root, Kimberly Bulcken
• Published: 1996, Viking Juvenile
• Themes: 1900s, Farm life, Moving households
• Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Southwest, United States
• No. of pages: 32